CARTIER. A MAGNIFICENT AND POSSIBLY UNIQUE 18K GOLD, DIAMOND, YELLOW DIAMOND, BLACK MOTHER-OF-PEARL, ROCK CRYSTAL, CHRYSOPRASE AND OBSIDIAN MYSTERY CLOCK
SIGNED CARTIER, “THE SOLIMAN MYSTERY CLOCK”, CASE NO. 633’165, CIRCA 1990
MOVEMENT: Manual
DIAL/CASE: Faceted rock crystal, yellow diamond and baguette-cut emerald-set hands, diamond-set bezel, octagonal black mother-of-pearl chapter ring with applied yellow diamond-set Roman and triangular-cut chrysoprase numerals to the front with diamond-set dots to the reverse, held between two fluted rectangular rock crystal columns with gold, diamond and black mother-of-pearl-set terminals each topped with a carved chrysoprase scarab, each column on a stepped diamond-set gold, obsidian and chrysoprase base enhanced by black mother-of-pearl, on a similar pedestal, the front set with two confronting pavé-set yellow diamond panthers and a carved chrysoprase scarab to the centre, the movement wound and hands set through the base, 230 mm. high
SIGNED: Case signed and numbered
ACCOMPANIED BY: Cartier fitted presentation box and wooden travelling case.
CARTIER. A MAGNIFICENT AND POSSIBLY UNIQUE 18K GOLD, DIAMOND, YELLOW DIAMOND, BLACK MOTHER-OF-PEARL, ROCK CRYSTAL, CHRYSOPRASE AND OBSIDIAN MYSTERY CLOCK
SIGNED CARTIER, “THE SOLIMAN MYSTERY CLOCK”, CASE NO. 633’165, CIRCA 1990
MOVEMENT: Manual
DIAL/CASE: Faceted rock crystal, yellow diamond and baguette-cut emerald-set hands, diamond-set bezel, octagonal black mother-of-pearl chapter ring with applied yellow diamond-set Roman and triangular-cut chrysoprase numerals to the front with diamond-set dots to the reverse, held between two fluted rectangular rock crystal columns with gold, diamond and black mother-of-pearl-set terminals each topped with a carved chrysoprase scarab, each column on a stepped diamond-set gold, obsidian and chrysoprase base enhanced by black mother-of-pearl, on a similar pedestal, the front set with two confronting pavé-set yellow diamond panthers and a carved chrysoprase scarab to the centre, the movement wound and hands set through the base, 230 mm. high
SIGNED: Case signed and numbered
ACCOMPANIED BY: Cartier fitted presentation box and wooden travelling case.