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CARTIER. A VERY FINE AND RARE PLATINUM ASYMMETRICAL WRISTWATCH
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CARTIER. A VERY FINE AND RARE PLATINUM ASYMMETRICAL WRISTWATCH

SIGNED CARTIER, LONDON, CRASH MODEL, REF. 001-91, CASE NO. 18’624 AND 5'219, CIRCA 1992

Closed19 March 2017

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CARTIER. A VERY FINE AND RARE PLATINUM ASYMMETRICAL WRISTWATCH
SIGNED CARTIER, LONDON, CRASH MODEL, REF. 001-91, CASE NO. 18’624 AND 5'219, CIRCA 1992
Movement: Manual movement, 17 jewels
Dial: Silvered, Roman numerals
Case: 18k white gold asymmetrical, back secured by four screws in the band, cabochon sapphire-set crown, 38 mm length
Strap/buckle: Black Cartier alligator strap, 18k white and pink gold Cartier deployant buckle

Specialist note

The Cartier Crash was first introduced in the late 1960s, available only in yellow gold and sold exclusively at Cartier of London. With the first series comprising of only 15 examples, modern variations were introduced in the early 1990s as limited editions with a special Crash deployant buckle.

Alluding to Salvador Dali’s painting The persistence of Memory, 1931, exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, these highly desirable timepieces are highly coveted by collectors.

The present lot’s appeal is further increased through its beautiful platinum case, preserved in excellent overall condition.