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Cartier. A fine and extremely rare 18K gold tonneau-shaped single-button chronograph wristwatch

SIGNED CARTIER, MOVEMENT SIGNED EUROPEAN WATCH CO. INC., CIRCA 1925

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Cartier. A fine and extremely rare 18K gold tonneau-shaped single-button chronograph wristwatch
Signed Cartier, movement signed European Watch Co. Inc., circa 1925
With circular nickel-finished lever movement, 25 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, the silvered matte dial with Roman numerals, outer track calibrated for 60 units with Arabic five-minute divisions, blued steel Breguet hands, two small subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds and 30 minute register, the tonneau-shaped case with raised bezel, downturned lugs, engraved inscription to the back secured by four screws in the band, chronograph operated through the crown, together with an 18K gold Cartier deployant buckle, case stamped with Cartier reference numbers and signed European Watch and Clock Co. Inc, France, dial signed Cartier, movement signed European Watch Co. Inc.
35 mm. long

Lot Essay

Tonneau-shaped single-button chronographs by Cartier rarely appear at auction. It would seem as if the design of this watch was referred to directly when Cartier designed the Tortue watch in the 1990s.

Similar examples of tonneau-shaped single-button chronograph wristwatches are illustrated in Le Temps de Cartier by Jader Barracca, Giampiero Negretti and Franco Nencini, pp. 164-165.

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