23,000 CHF
"Pendule Mystérieuse prisme" Cartier, Paris, circa 1970. Fine and rare 18K gold and rock crystal eight-day going mystery desk clock in original leather covered fitted box. Rectangular fluted with glazed back, the top part with two rock crystal prisms. White, black indexes, painted in mirror image. Gilt baton hands. 26.6 mm (12’’’), rhodium plated, double barrel, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with screws, self-compensating flat balance spring.Signed on the dial and box, movement signed "Universal Geneva".Dim. 52 x 34 x 34 mm Notes The dial can only be seen from a certain angle, from the back the clock appears transparent. It incorporates a special 8-day movement. A similar clock is Illustrated in Le Temps de Cartier, by Jader Bar-racca, Giampiero Negretti and Franco Nencini, page 186.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
