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| Platinum & Diamond “Gouvernail”
Cartier, Paris, "Ronde Squelette", No. 36235. Entered in the registers on September 6,
1950.
Fine and extremely rare, platinum and diamond-set wristwatch with a platinum bricklink
bracelet with concealed yellow gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.
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| C. Two-body, solid, brushed, circular, pierced, with 12 baguette diamond-set hour indexes, a double index at 12,
outer stepped band, polished "Vendôme" type lugs, octagonal winding crown. D. Brushed platinum. Blued steel
"Breguet" hands. M. 7 1/2''', signed European Watch & Clock Co., rhodium-plated, “fausses cotes” decoration,
18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to temperatures and 2
positions, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator.
Dial signed Cartier, case and movement signed European Watch & Clock Co., Inc.
Diam. 32 mm. Thickness 7 mm. Approx. overall length 160 mm.
From “The Collection”
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Estimate: 200,000 CHF - 250,000 CHF
Estimate: 120,000 EUR - 150,000 EUR
Estimate: 165,000 USD - 210,000 USD
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| A similar watch is illustrated in “White Cartier” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 2006, p. 48.
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Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket Watches & Clocks 14-10-2007 |
Sold including buyer's premium: 210,000 CHF |
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