Contemporary, Limited Edition and Mod...

New York, Park Lane Hotel, Dec 15, 1998

LOT 470

Cartier, Paris, chronographe Tortue a pattes, entered in the registers on 2 December 1927. Extremely fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman' s wristwatch with single button chronograph on the crown and register, with 18K pink gold Cartier deployant clasp and original fitted box.

C. Tortoise shaped, massive, polished, gold screwed bars. D. matte silver with painted Roman numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. 11"' signed European Watch & Clock Co., rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 25 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 2 adjustments, Breguet balance-spring, the coaxial single button on the winding-crown. is for start-stop and return to zero functions of the chronograph. Signed on the movement, numbered on the case. Dim. 27 x 35 mm.