75,000 HKD
Cartier World Time Clock for American Express Cartier, No. 347/89325, the movement by Concord Watch Co. Made for American Express circa 1965. Fine and rare, world-time, 8-day going desk clock. To be sold without reserve Rectangular, brushed and polished, stepped top and base, the back with setting knobs. Silvered with applied gilt and black faceted baton indexes, revolving 24-hour ring, the center with the revolving gilt and silver world-time disc with a map of the Northern Hemisphere, divided into sectors with the names of 24 world cities and countries. Black baton hands, the hour hand revolving with the world-time disc. 55 mm., Cal. IMF544, chronometer adjustment, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with screws, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial signed Cartier, movement signed Concord. Dim. 11 x 11 cm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-10-09
