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SIGNED CARTIER, PARIS, CASE NO. 3808, CIRCA 1920
Details
Cartier. A fine and slim 18K gold hunter case keyless lever shutter dress watch
Signed Cartier, Paris, case no. 3808, circa 1920
Nickel-finished lever movement, 18 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, engine-turned silvered dial, Arabic numerals, concealed under two sliding shutters with white enamel initials CTB JR, opened by depressing the cabochon sapphire-set crown, plain slim circular case, snap on back, case signed and numbered, dial and movement signed
46 mm. diam.
Signed Cartier, Paris, case no. 3808, circa 1920
Nickel-finished lever movement, 18 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, engine-turned silvered dial, Arabic numerals, concealed under two sliding shutters with white enamel initials CTB JR, opened by depressing the cabochon sapphire-set crown, plain slim circular case, snap on back, case signed and numbered, dial and movement signed
46 mm. diam.
Literature
For a group illustration showing also the present watch and its initials CTB JR see Le Temps de Cartier by Jader Barracca, Giampiero Negretti, Franco Nencini, p. 190.
The éclipse or shutter watch was designed by Edmond Jaeger for Cartier in the early 1910s, the first patent (no. 412'821) was issued in 1910, the second for a modified version with two dials (no. 16'918) in 1913.
For an illustration of Jaeger's drawings and the two versions of such éclipse or shutter watches see The Cartier Collection - Timepieces, Editions Flammarion, p. 162 and pp. 164 & 165.
The éclipse or shutter watch was designed by Edmond Jaeger for Cartier in the early 1910s, the first patent (no. 412'821) was issued in 1910, the second for a modified version with two dials (no. 16'918) in 1913.
For an illustration of Jaeger's drawings and the two versions of such éclipse or shutter watches see The Cartier Collection - Timepieces, Editions Flammarion, p. 162 and pp. 164 & 165.