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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 235

?Round Platinum and Diamonds? Cartier, Paris, No. 10165/ 3466. Made circa 1910. Very fine and very rare, elegant, platinum and diamond-set lady?s wristwatch with integral platinum and diamond-set bracelet.

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 20,000 - 25,000 / USD 25,000 - 33,000

Sold: CHF 44,840

C. Two-body, circular, the back secured by three screws in the band, the bezel set with a line of rose-cut diamonds, the mesh bracelet with diamond-set border of 145 round diamonds, diamond- set winding crown. D. Matte silvered, flinqué, with Paris numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. 10???, maillechort, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 25 mm. Thickness 6 mm. Overall length approx. 18 cm. From ?The Collection?

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Grading System
Grade:
Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

A similar watch with identical bracelet is illustrated in ?Le Temps de Cartier?, Barracca, Negretti & Nencini, 1989, p. 64.