Cartier. A fine and unusual 18K gold and enamel ultra slim half hunter case keyless lever dress watch
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Cartier. A fine and unusual 18K gold and enamel ultra slim half hunter case keyless lever dress watch

SIGNED CARTIER, NO. 22630, 05307, 23495, 9793 AND 4215, MANUFACTURED IN 1929

Closed17 November 2008

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Cartier. A fine and unusual 18K gold and enamel ultra slim half hunter case keyless lever dress watch
Signed Cartier, No. 22630, 05307, 23495, 9793 and 4215, manufactured in 1929
Nickel-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, gilt matte dial, name "A Kreisberg" for the numerals, circular slim case, engine-turned and inlaid white enamel geometrical decorated sides, inlaid blue enamel Roman numerals to the glazed window in the front, case and pendant numbered, movement signed Haas
50 mm. diam.

Specialist note

According to the Archives of Montres Cartier, the present watch was sold by Cartier Paris in 1929.

For black and white images of a similar, possibly the present half-hunter case watch decorated with white and blue enamel and also made in 1929 see Le Temps de Cartier by Jader Barracca, Giampiero Negretti, Franco Nencini, p. 141.