Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 45

CARTIER YELLOW GOLD TANK Cartier, Paris, ?Tank,? case No. 780861173. Made in the 1990s. Fine and elegant, rectangular, thin, 18K yellow gold mid-sized wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, straight lugs, rounded bezel, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown, case back with 4 screws in the band, screwed bars, sapphire crystal. D. White with painted black radial Roman numerals, concentric minute track. Blued epée hands. M. Cal. 2512, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 23 x 30 mm. Thickness 6 mm.