Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 538

CARTIER YELLOW GOLD BAGUETTE ? CALIBRE 101 Cartier, ?Baguette à mouvement Duoplan?, No. 43672/3707, movement by Jaeger-LeCoultre. Made circa 1940. Very fine, very small and elegant, rectangular, 18K yellow gold lady's wristwatch with integral 18K yellow gold articulated bracelet with concealed deployant clasp.

CHF 5,500 - 7,500

USD 6,000 - 8,000 / EUR 4,500 - 6,200

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, bezel engraved to match the bracelet decoration, back with 2 screws, back winder. D. White with painted black baton and dot indexes. Blued steel lozenge hands. M. Cal. 101, baguette, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 15 jewels, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Case signed Cartier and with Cartier numbers, movement signed Jaeger-LeCoultre, deployant clasp punched EJ for Edmond Jaeger. Dim. 6 x 15 mm. Thickness 5.5 mm. Approx. overall length 140 mm. Property of the family of Louis Cartier


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

538 - A rare and tiny Cartier lady?s wristwatch using the famous calibre 101 movement by Jaeger- LeCoultre. The calibre 101 was introduced in 1929 and at the time was celebrated as the smallest watch movement ever made, measuring 14 x 4.8 x 3.4 mm. The Duoplan movement itself was the idea of Paris watchmaker Henri Rodanet, an ingenious wheel train layout that allowed the movement to retain its timekeeping properties yet could be made in very small sizes for lady?s watches.