Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Oct 08, 2016

LOT 35

CARTIER REF. 2524 ROADSTER "EMERSON FITTIPALDI" YELLOW GOLD Cartier, "Roadster, Automatic," case No. 853221 CD, Ref. 2524. Made circa 2006. Fine, tonneau-shaped, curved, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant to 100 m, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and a "quick change" leather strap with an 18K yellow gold Cartier deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, Cartier leather pouch and two spare straps.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, quick change strap mechanism, case back with 8 screws engraved with the signature of Emerson Fittipaldi, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Bicolor textured anthracite and red with painted radial luminous Arabic numerals and concentric luminous indexes. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. Cartier 3110, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism.