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US$13,000-20,000
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A VERY FINE LADY'S ART DECO PLATINUM, DIAMOND, ONYX AND SEED PEARL WRISTWATCH, BY CARTIER
With lever movement, the matt white dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, the elongated oval case with single-cut diamond-set bezel, crown at twelve o'clock, shield-shaped onyx lugs, together with a seed pearl bracelet with onyx and rose-cut diamond-set spacers, circa 1910, 15.4 cm., in a Cartier red box, with safety chain (one seed pearl deficient)
Signed Cartier, no. 9166 15324, movement signed Cartier, Paris
Cf. Barracca, Negretti and Nencini's "Le Temps de Cartier", 1992 by Publiprom S.r.l. Milan, page 71 for a similar watch
With lever movement, the matt white dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, the elongated oval case with single-cut diamond-set bezel, crown at twelve o'clock, shield-shaped onyx lugs, together with a seed pearl bracelet with onyx and rose-cut diamond-set spacers, circa 1910, 15.4 cm., in a Cartier red box, with safety chain (one seed pearl deficient)
Signed Cartier, no. 9166 15324, movement signed Cartier, Paris
Cf. Barracca, Negretti and Nencini's "Le Temps de Cartier", 1992 by Publiprom S.r.l. Milan, page 71 for a similar watch