Cartier. A rare 18K gold tortue-shaped single button chronograph wristwatch with register

SIGNED CARTIER, MOVEMENT SIGNED EUROPEAN WATCH & CLOCK CO., INC., CIRCA 1930

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Cartier. A rare 18K gold tortue-shaped single button chronograph wristwatch with register
Signed Cartier, movement signed European Watch & Clock Co., Inc., circa 1930
With circular nickel-finished lever movement, 25 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, the silvered matt dial with Roman numerals on circular chapter ring, outer minute ring calibrated for 1/5th seconds, blued steel moon-style hands, two subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds and 30 minutes register, the tortue-shaped case with engraved inscription centred by engraved initials to the back, the back secured by four screws in the band, chronograph mechanism operated through the crown, case handstamped with Cartier reference numbers and signed European Watch & Clock Co., Inc., dial signed Cartier, movement signed European Watch & Clock Co., Inc.
27 mm. wide

Lot Essay

A similar watch is illustrated in Le Temps de Cartier by Jader Barracca, Giampiero Negretti, Franco Nencini, p. 164 and in Armbanduhren by Kahlert, Mhe, Brunner, third edition p. 280, pl. 416 and fifth edition p. 337, pl. 1024.

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