Cartier
A yellow gold purse watch, Circa 1935 | 卡地亞 黃金方形懷錶，製作年份約 1935
Auction Closed
December 9, 06:25 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Cartier
A yellow gold purse watch, Circa 1935
卡地亞 黃金方形懷錶，製作年份約 1935
Dial: silvered, Arabic numerals, dial signed Cartier France
Caliber: mechanical, 15 jewels, signed European Watch and Clock
Movement number: 425'488
Case: 18k yellow gold, dial concealed beneath a spring loaded panel, case engine turned overall with of alternating geometric motif, the front panel folds back acting as a strut
Case number: 05'424, 22'883, 425'488
Size: 44 x 31 mm
Box: no
Papers: no
Cartier introduced their Eclipse watches for the pocket or handbag in 1929. Watches of this nature became popular with the growing ability to travel commercially. Popularly coined as travel clocks, the timepieces were subtle and portable, able to be used as a pocket watch, or set tableside as a desk timepiece.
Similar Art Deco purse watches are illustrated in Baracca, J., Negretti, G. & Nencini, F., Le Temps de Cartier, pp. 148, 150.