Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 524

Cartier Paris, "Tank", circa 1943. Very fine, rectangular, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with 18K pink gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. massive, polished, sapphiresct winding-crown, screwed bars. D. champagne with painted radial Roman numerals. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. 9"' signed LeCoultre Co., rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 2 positions, Breguet balance-spring. Signed on the dial and the movement, numbered on the case. Dim. 23 x 30 mm.