CARTIER. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM AND ROCK CRYSTAL OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER DRESS WATCH
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CARTIER. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM AND ROCK CRYSTAL OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER DRESS WATCH

SIGNED CARTIER AND EUROPEAN WATCH AND CLOCK CO. INC., NO. 12056, CIRCA 1920

Closed17 October 2007

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USD 18,750

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CARTIER. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM AND ROCK CRYSTAL OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER DRESS WATCH
Signed Cartier and European Watch and Clock Co. Inc., No. 12056, circa 1920
With nickel-finished lever movement, signed European Watch & Clock Co. Inc., 19 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance, 8 adjustments, silvered dial with vertical stripes, outer ring with triangular and baton markers, large Roman numerals for hours surrounding the dial, all within a rock crystal surround with faceted edges banded in platinum, dial signed, bow stamped with Cartier reference numbers
44mm diam.

Specialist note

For other examples of Cartier openface watches in rock crystal, see Barracca, Negretti & Nencini, Les Temps de Cartier, pp. 56, 72 and 139.