Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 27

CARTIER REF. 2302 TANK FRANCAISE STEEL & GOLD Cartier, "Tank Française," case No. 844457 CD, Ref. 2302. Made circa 2000. Fine, square and curved, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and gold wristwatch with date and a stainless and gold steel Cartier link bracelet with double deployant clasp.

Two-body, polished and brushed, octagonal cabochon sapphire-set gold winding crown, case back with 4 screws, sapphire crystal. Guilloche silver with painted black radial Roman numerals, concentric minute/seconds track, aperture for the date at 6, secret Cartier signature at VII. Blued steel epée hands. Cal. 120, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decorations, 20 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. DIM. 28 x 32 mm.