Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 339

CARTIER HAUTE JOAILLERIE ? PLATINUM & DIAMOND TORTUE Cartier, ?Collection Rivière?, No. A 101374, Ref. 895 292 BB, the movement by Vacheron & Constantin, No. 648501. Made in 1986. Very fine and extremely elegant, tonneau-shaped, platinum and diamond-set lady?s wristwatch with an integral platinum and diamond-set bracelet with concealed clasp, set with a total of 452 diamonds weighing a total of 4.55 carats.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws, the bezel and lugs set with baguette and round white diamonds, winding crown set with an inverted diamond, sapphire crystal, the bracelet set with a line of baguette diamonds flanked by round diamonds in groups of four. D. Pavè set with 170 diamonds. White gold baton hands. M. Cal. K1050/8, rhodium-plated, 20 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Case signed Cartier, movement signed Vacheron & Constantin. DIM. 33 x 26 mm. THICKNESS 7 mm.