Contemporary, Limited Edition and Mod...
New York, Park Lane Hotel, Dec 15, 1998
LOT 467
Cartier, Tank a mouvement 8 jours, entered in the registers in 1931. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K yellow gold eight day gentleman's wristwatch.
USD 100,000 - 120,000
C. rectangular, massive, polished, sapphire-set winding-crown. D. matt silver with painted Arabic numerals. "Breguet " blued steel hands. M. 9"' rhodium plated signed European Watch & Clock Co., rectangular, "fausses cotes" decoration, 19 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance acjusted to temperatures and 2 positions, flat balance-spring. Dim. 22 x 40mm. Accompanied by Cartier Certificate No. 2185.
| Grading System | |
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Grade: |
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Case: 4-6 |
Fair Slightly oxidized |
Movement: 4-5 |
Fair Poor |
Dial: 4-5-6-04 |
Fair Poor Slightly oxidized HANDS Later |
Notes
Very few 8 day wristwatches were ever produced by Cartier, making
this piece a very rare collectable. As fire as we know, the early
production consisted of two Toaue (tortoise shaped) models in
1929, followed by two Tank models in 1930, with an additional two
Tanks in 1931, one of which is the watch featured here.