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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

LOT 106

Cartier, Paris, movement ordered from Jaeger- LeCoultre on January 24,1913. Extremely fine and almost certainly unique 18K gold keyless dual-time dress watch with chronograph and digital perpetual calendar. Accompanied by a gold chain.

CHF 70,000 - 80,000

C. Double body, massive, "Empire", polished, the back centred with a chased monogram "E.E.T." and engraved inside with the name: Edward E. Thalmann. D. Frosted silver with "Empire" Roman numerals, outer Arabic minutes and chronograph ring, subsidiary seconds and aperture for digital months, clays of the week and perpetual calendar. Blued steel Breguet hands, blued steel and gold "spade" hand for local time. M. 17"', rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with micrometric adjustment. Chronograph with visible work and button on the winding crown. Signed on the dial and movement. Diam. 51 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-5-01

Good

Poor

HANDS Original

Notes

Accompanied by copies of Jaeger-LeCoultre archives, demonstrating that the movement, entirely hand made for Fr. 6'800, was produced for Cartier. Illustrated and described by J. Barracca, G. Negretti and F. Nencini in Le Temps de Cartier by, p. 193.