Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 17, 2013

LOT 21

CARTIER TANK MECANIQUE PLATINUM Cartier, Paris, ?Tank?, case No. C80156, Ref. 1601. Made in the 1980s. Very fine, rectangular, thin, platinum wristwatch with an 18k white gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. Two body, solid, polished, back fixed with 4 screws on the band, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown, screwed bars, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche white with painted radial Roman numerals, inner minutes track, secret Cartier signature at 7. Blued steel épée hands. M. Cal. P838, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 24 x 30 mm. ThICkNESS 5 mm.