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217-4127
Pocket watch: unique Cartier Montre "Couteau" with extravagant special dial "La Esmeralda", made for the noble jeweller HAUSER ZIVY & CIE in Mexico, ca. 1910
Ca. Ø49mm, ca. 57g, 18K gold, extremely thin but solid case with "knife-edged case", so-called "Montre Couteau", typical Cartier case form, extra flat precision lever movement in top quality, gilt, unique silver special dial, engine turned and with a rainbow-like surface refinement, whereby depending on the light incidence the colour changes from green to rose tones, also a portrait of a lady with a hat, image of a Mexican woman, signed with the lettering "La Esmeralda Mexico", blued Breguet hands, in fantastic and completely original condition, rarity. Although not signed by Cartier, this watch is in all parts a typical Cartier watch. Presumably only due to the fact that it bears the brand name "La Esmeralda" of the Mexican luxury jeweller HAUSER ZIVY & CIE. and its very unique special dial, it is not additionally signed by Cartier. The company, based in Mexico City, sold the best European brands such as Cartier, Breguet and Vacheron & Constantin and was one of the top ten jewellers in the world around 1900. Along with Boucheron, Mauboussin, Tiffany, La Cloche, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Gübelin.
Hammerprice: 1.600 €
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217-4128
Pocket watch: very flat Art Nouveau dress watch "Montre Couteau", original Cartier ca. 1910
Ca. Ø 45mm, ca. 55.5 g, 18 K gold, very flat case with reeded mid section, thickness ca. 4mm, Cartier number 3704, very flat precision lever movement, high quality, original Art Nouveau dial with cambered hour register, silvered, signed Cartier Paris, original Breguet steel hands, broken mainspring, original and beautiful condition, from first owner. A comparable watch was sold for more than 10,000 SwissFrancs in 1992 (source: https://www.cortrie.de/go/l3).
Hammerprice: 1.600 €
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217-4129
Pocket watch: Cartier rarity, smallest known to us Cartier "Montre Couteau", with so-called "Knife Edge" case, no. 1202, Paris ca. 1905
Ca. Ø32 mm, ca. 18.5 g, 18K gold, splendid enamelled back, extremely flat edition, so-called "Montre Couteau" or "Knife Edge", no. 1202, very flat precision lever movement (2 mm), original engine turned dial, signed Cartier Paris, blued Breguet hands, in working order and in very beautiful condition. Normally these watches have a diameter of 45 to 50 mm. This watch is the only listed piece in woman's size of 32 mm.
Hammerprice: 1.000 €
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217-4206
Pocket watch: rarity, extremely rare Art déco Chronograph Rattrapante in Cartier style, Vacheron & Constantin Geneve No.336784, from the 1930s
Ca. Ø45.5mm, 18K pink gold, case signed Vacheron & Constantin for Dreicer & Co. New York, case number 336784/7328 (matching with movement number), extremely rare and highly refined signed and numbered precision lever movement, split-seconds chronograph, 27 jewels, silvered dial in Cartier style, signed, 30 minute register, Breguet steel hands, in working order and in very good condition, extremely rare.
Hammerprice: 6.500 €
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217-4217
Luxurious enamel travel nécessaire with integrated Cartier-style watch, France ca. 1920
Wooden case, leather inside, front with integrated watch in Cartier style, screwed bezel, no. 2879, Swiss lever movement no.174626, enamel dial, Breguet hands, back decorated with an extremely rare enamel work, painted portrait of a saint, signed M. Cosson, nécessaire includes 1 mirror, 1 leather case with grooming set and sewing tools (mother-of-pearl handles), a leather case with notepad and pencil holder in silver (French punches), 2 pairs of cylindrical bottles, each with latches in silver with blue engine turned enamel in perfect condition, matching brush, very beautiful, in completely original condition, rare.
Hammerprice: 1.000 €
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