拍品 347
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Cartier. An unusual 18K gold oval-shaped purse watch with sundial and compass
Cartier. An unusual 18K gold oval-shaped purse watch with sundial and compass

SIGNED CARTIER, MOVEMENT SIGNED EUROPEAN WATCH CO. INC., CIRCA 1940

细节
Cartier. An unusual 18K gold oval-shaped purse watch with sundial and compass
Signed Cartier, movement signed European Watch Co. Inc., circa 1940
With nickel-finished lever movement, 18 jewels, the eccentric silvered matt dial with Roman numerals, blued steel moon-style hands, in oval-shaped case, the reverse with an inlaid black enamel sundial with pink gold hinged gnomon and glazed circular aperture containing a compass, case hand-stamped with Cartier reference number, dial signed Cartier, movement signed European Watch Co. Inc.
46 mm. long

拍品专文

The gnomon, a vertical stone obelisk, was one of the earliest instruments for measuring time and the forerunner of the sundial. The shadow projected to the ground was used for determinating the hour.

A similar watch is illustrated in Le Temps de Cartier by J. Barracca, G. Negretti, F. Nencini, pp. 198 & 199.