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拍品 195
Cartier. A highly rare and unusual 18K gold and enamel ball-shaped bezel-wound desk timepiece with 18K gold, enamel and nephrite stand
SIGNED CARTIER, NO. 1332, MOVEMENT SIGNED EUROPEAN WATCH & CLOCK CO. AND ZENITH, NUMBERED 1026465, CASE SIGNED EWC CO. AND NUMBERED 1026465 AND 582, MANUFACTURED IN 1925
已結束2009年5月11日
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CHF 47,500
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Another spherical clock on stand is described and illustrated in The Cartier Collection - Timepieces, Editions Flammarion, pp. 308 & 309, and in Le Temps de Cartier by Jader Barracca, Giampiero Negretti, Franco Nencini, pp. 177 & 188.
Whereas the latter examples are of very similar design, consisting of an enamelled sphere resting on four straight legs, the present model is entirely different: a plain sphere with distinctive geometric design resting on a highly unusual stand consisting of three lifelike cobra heads with ruby-set eyes. This altogether more interesting and innovative version of the standard examples would appear to be unrecorded in any of the Cartier reference works.
Whereas the latter examples are of very similar design, consisting of an enamelled sphere resting on four straight legs, the present model is entirely different: a plain sphere with distinctive geometric design resting on a highly unusual stand consisting of three lifelike cobra heads with ruby-set eyes. This altogether more interesting and innovative version of the standard examples would appear to be unrecorded in any of the Cartier reference works.