100 Years of Wristwatches

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 19, 2000

LOT 333

Cartier London, 'Rectangulaire incurvée, de type Driver', circa 1980.Very fine and unusual, rectangular curved, 18K yellow gold driver's wristwatch with round bar lugsconnected to an unusual deployant clasp at 6 o'clock.

C. two-body, solid, polished and brushed, bombé, cylindrical lugs, sapphire-set winding-crown. D. white withpainted radial Roman numerals. 'Bâton' blued steel hands. M. Cal. 1060 B, signed Vacheron Constantin, oval,rhodium plated, 'fausses côtes' decoration, 20 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, coldisochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.Dial, case, and movement signed.Dim. 21 x 33 mm.