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US$8,000-12,000
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AN 18K GOLD, PLATINUM, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND-SET KEYLESS LEVER BALL-FORM WATCH, BY CARTIER
With gilt-finished jewelled lever movement, the silvered engine-turned dial with Arabic numerals, the ball-form case with blue guilloché enamel, rose-cut diamond-set bezel and band, the top with a diamond-set scroll foliate motif, winding mechanism operated by rotating the lower half of the watch, together with an associated platinum link neckchain with navette-shaped blue and white enamel intersections, circa 1930, 24 mm. diam., chain 65.0 cm.
Dial signed Cartier
A similar watch is illustrated in Le Temps de Cartier by J. Barracca, G. Negretti and F. Nencini, page 23
With gilt-finished jewelled lever movement, the silvered engine-turned dial with Arabic numerals, the ball-form case with blue guilloché enamel, rose-cut diamond-set bezel and band, the top with a diamond-set scroll foliate motif, winding mechanism operated by rotating the lower half of the watch, together with an associated platinum link neckchain with navette-shaped blue and white enamel intersections, circa 1930, 24 mm. diam., chain 65.0 cm.
Dial signed Cartier
A similar watch is illustrated in Le Temps de Cartier by J. Barracca, G. Negretti and F. Nencini, page 23