Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 14, 2017
CARTIER TONNEAU ALONGEE YELLOW GOLD Cartier, Paris, "Tonneau Alongée,", No. 86 II, case No. A102765. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, tonneau shaped, curved, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with a gold-plated buckle.
Two body, solid, polished and brushed, back secured by 4 screws on the band; gold screwed bars, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, domed sapphire crystal. Guilloche silver with painted radial black Roman numerals, concentric minute track. Blued steel epée hands. Cal. 2512-1, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self- compensating flat balance spring.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-17-01 |
Good Slightly spotted HANDS Original |