Cartier
Vendôme | A yellow gold wristwatch gifted by Prince Khalid of Saudi Arabia | Circa 1980
Lot Closed
May 29, 01:10 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Cartier
Vendôme
A yellow gold wristwatch gifted by Prince Khalid of Saudi Arabia
Circa 1980
Dial: white
Caliber: cal. 2670 automatic winding, 17 jewels
Case: 18k yellow gold, snap on case back
Case number: 170'031'035
Closure: unsigned buckle
Size: 33 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: none
The present watch was gifted to Robert Prowse along with a Tank Louis (lot 11) to his brother David Prowse - who played Darth Vader in the original 1970's Star Wars Trilogy - by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia in the late 1970s. It is unsurprising that these watches were chosen as gifts as they were larger than the standard Cartier models, since both men were well over 6ft, with David a staggering 6ft 6 in (198cm).
The Vendôme Automatique, steps away from the classic Cartier layouts of smaller cases and manual winding movements. This watch offers a good opportunity to acquire an interesting and unique design orientated Cartier with a more contemporary case size. In addition is has several layers of strong provenance.