Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 471

CARTIER DRIVER LIMITED EDITION WHITE GOLD Cartier, Paris, ?Rectangulaire incurvée, de type Driver?, No. 080/150. Made in a limited series of 150 pieces in 1997 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the company by Louis-Francois Cartier. Very fine and unusual, rectangular curved, 18K white gold driver?s wristwatch with round bar lugs and 18K white gold deployant clasp opening by means of the lugs at 6 o?clock.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, ?bombé?, cylindrical lugs, back winder
D. Flinqué silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, secret ?Cartier? signature on the X. Blued steel épée hands.
M. Cal. 5???1/2 signed Jaeger LeCoultre, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 22 x 35 mm. Thickness 7.5 mm.