Cartier. An extremely fine and rare platinum hunter case keyless lever shutter dress watch

SIGNED CARTIER, ECLIPSE MODEL, CASE NUMBERED 4016 AND 4813, BOW NUMBERED 9656, MOVEMENT SIGNED EUROPEAN WATCH AND CLOCK CO. INC., CIRCA 1930

細節

Cartier. An extremely fine and rare platinum hunter case keyless lever shutter dress watch
Signed Cartier, Eclipse model, case numbered 4016 and 4813, bow numbered 9656, movement signed European Watch and Clock Co. Inc., circa 1930
With nickel-finished lever movement, 19 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, the engine-turned two-tone silvered dial with Roman numerals on blank chapter ring, blued steel moon-style hands, concealed under two sliding shutters, opened by depressing the crown, in plain slim circular case with snap on back, case with hand-stamped Cartier reference numbers, dial signed, movement signed EWC
45 mm. diam.

拍品專文

The Éclipse or shutter watch was designed by Edmond Jaeger for Cartier in the early 1910s, the first patent (no. 412'821) was issued in 1910, the second for a modified version with two dials (no. 16'918) in 1913.

For an illustration of Jaeger's drawings and the two versions of such Éclipse or shutter watches see The Cartier Collection - Timepieces, Editions Flammarion, p. 162 and pp. 164 & 165.