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Cartier. A rare and unusual 18K gold and bakelite backwound clip watch
Lot 312

Cartier. A rare and unusual 18K gold and bakelite backwound clip watch

SIGNED CARTIER, FRANCE, CASE NO. 25'287, MOVEMENT SIGNED JAEGER, MANUFACTURED IN 1919

Closed12 May 2008

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Cartier. A rare and unusual 18K gold and bakelite backwound clip watch
Signed Cartier, France, case no. 25'287, movement signed Jaeger, manufactured in 1919
With rectangular nickel-finished "Duoplan" lever movement, 15 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, the silvered matte dial with Arabic numerals, in rectangular gold case with ribbed ends, the winding crown to the back, all set within the bakelite outer case, gold hinged clip, case numbered, dial signed, movement signed Jaeger
40 mm. high

Specialist note

According to the Archives of Cartier, the present watch was sold by Cartier in Paris in 1930.

Other gold and bakelite clip watches are illustrated in Le Temps de Cartier by Jader Barracca, Giampiero Negretti, Franco Nencini, p. 233, and The Cartier Collection - Timepieces, Editions Flammarion, p. 329.