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Accompanied by Cartier green leather travelling case and gilt metal key.
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SIGNED CARTIER, PARIS - LONDON, CASE NO. 55167, MOVEMENT SIGNED NOCTURNE, NO. 1853, CIRCA 1930
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Cartier. A very fine, rare and unusual silver, enamel and labradorite minute repeating desk clock with original fitted box
Signed Cartier, Paris - London, case no. 55167, movement signed Nocturne, no. 1853, circa 1930
With gilt-finished lever movement, minute repeating on two polished steel hammers onto two gongs, the white enamel dial with Breguet numerals, diamond-set hands, applied white enamel decorated bezel, in rectangular case with labradorite-set sides, white and translucent green enamel decorated borderes, the top and the base with translucent purple enamel on engine-turned background and white enamel borders, hinged door to the reverse, cabochon amethyst-set repeating plunger in the top, case signed Cartier and numbered, dial signed Cartier, movement signed Nocturne and numbered
72 mm. high
Signed Cartier, Paris - London, case no. 55167, movement signed Nocturne, no. 1853, circa 1930
With gilt-finished lever movement, minute repeating on two polished steel hammers onto two gongs, the white enamel dial with Breguet numerals, diamond-set hands, applied white enamel decorated bezel, in rectangular case with labradorite-set sides, white and translucent green enamel decorated borderes, the top and the base with translucent purple enamel on engine-turned background and white enamel borders, hinged door to the reverse, cabochon amethyst-set repeating plunger in the top, case signed Cartier and numbered, dial signed Cartier, movement signed Nocturne and numbered
72 mm. high