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Cartier. A fine and very rare platinum limited edition wristwatch with burgundy numerals and bracelet
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Cartier. A fine and very rare platinum limited edition wristwatch with burgundy numerals and bracelet

SIGNED CARTIER, MODEL SANTOS RONDE, CASE NO. 090603633, CIRCA 1981

Closed11 May 2015

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Cartier. A fine and very rare platinum limited edition wristwatch with burgundy numerals and bracelet
Signed Cartier, model Santos Ronde, case no. 090603633, circa 1981
Cal. ETA 2670 automatic movement, 17 jewels, white engine-turned dial, purple Roman numerals, secret signature at X, purple hands, inner railway minute divisions, circular case, octagonal screwed bezel, ruby-set crown, back secured by four screws, platinum Cartier link bracelet, concealed deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
25 mm. width; overall length of bracelet approx. 165 mm.

Specialist note

According to our research the present watch is a very rare example of the platinum limited edition launched by Cartier in 1981.

Timepieces belongings to such series in the 1980s are recognizable by the colour of the numerals, a beautiful deep burgundy.
These platinum special series are extremely rare. In 1979, several models like the Santos-Dumont, the Ellipse and the Baignoire were part of a special series in platinum with burgundy numerals specially made for Cartier Paris. This special series is illustrated in Cartier Le joaillier du Platine by Franco Cologni and Eric Nussbaum, pp. 226-227.