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Cartier
A yellow gold, enamel, onyx, and diamond-set miniature triptych desk timepiece, Circa 1930
No reserve
Auction Closed
December 7, 07:12 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Dial: dial concealed beneath hinged shutters, Roman numeral chapter ring, engine-turned center, dial signed Cartier Brevete
Caliber: mechanical, 15 jewels, signed E.W.C. & Co.
Movement: movement back plate signed Cadran Brevete, 6610, 164'050
Case: quadrangular, the winder and setting pin concealed beneath hinged doors at the back, overall heightened by opaque black and white enamel geometric motif, mounted on a molded onyx base, the shutters further decorated with opaque black and white enamel geometric motif, latch fitted with rose cut diamonds
Case number: door interior hand stamped X-720-31-RP1Z
Size: 30 x 60 x 24 mm
Box: no
Papers: no
Triptych desk timepieces or altar desk clocks of such diminutive sizes remain highly collectable today. Shutters of the timepiece open to reveal a larger dial format for time telling. When closed, the piece remains a discrete jewel. The simple and innovative system of the folding dial was patented by J. Vergely in Paris in 1925.
Similar examples, please see:
Baracca, J., Negretti, G. & Nencini, F., Le Temps de Cartier, p.177.
Bachet O. & Cartier A., Cartier Exceptional Objects, Éditions Palais Royal, 2019, book I, p. 207.
Rudoe, J., Cartier 1900 – 1939. Catalog Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, New York, April 2, 1997 – August 7, 1997, Cat. Nos. 70 & 71.