CARTIER. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD ASYMMETRIC WRISTWATCH

SIGNED CARTIER, LONDON, MODEL CRASH, NO. 76068, 1990

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CARTIER. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD ASYMMETRIC WRISTWATCH
Signed Cartier, London, Model Crash, No. 76068, 1990

With circular nickel-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, the white dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, the asymmetric case with concealed lugs, back secured by four screws in the band, together with an 18k gold Cartier deployant clasp no. 76068, case signed, numbered and stamped with London hallmarks for 1990, dial and movement signed
42 mm. long

拍品专文

US$13,000-15,000

Jean-Jacques Cartier and R. Emerson designed the "Crash" watch in the 1960s, This model is designed after the 'limp' watch in Salvador Dali's painting The Persistence of Memory, 1931, exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Only 15 examples were made in the first series by Cartier London. During the 70s and 80s, clients were able to special order the "Crash" through Cartier London. The hallmarks on this watch dates the present watch to 1990.

A similar watch is illustrated in Le Temps de Cartier by Jader Barracca, Giampiero Negretti and Franco Nencini, edition Publi prom, p. 295.