Lot 332

Cartier, France / European Watch & Clock Co. Inc., Case No. 21 530, Ref. 3534, 44 mm, 29 g, circa 1929
An elegant, skeletonized platinum pocket watch in an ultra flat rock crystal case studded with diamonds
Case: platinum and rock crystal, inlaid chapter ring with skeletonized radial Roman hours set with rose cut diamonds, triangular bow set with rose cut diamonds. Dial: silver, engine-turned. Movm.: bridge movement, gold screw compensation balance.
References:
1. "The Cartier Collection - Timepieces". Flammarion Press. Page 263.
An identical rock crystal pocket watch with transparent back and diamond set Roman Numerals is shown; by Cartier Paris, 1927, made by Jaeger. Movement caliber 126, 8 adjustments, 19 jewels. Cartier collection number WPO 52 A27.
2. "Platinum by Cartier" by Cologni and Nussbaum. Page 162. A similar design in onyx and platinum with rose cut diamond set Roman numerals and triangular bow, dated 1926. From the Cartier collection.
3. "Cartier 1900 - 1939". by Rudoe. Page 243.
A similar design in onyx and platinum with rose cut diamond set Roman numerals and triangular bow, dated 1928. Made by Jaeger for Cartier Paris for stock. Imported into America by the European Watch & Clock Company and sold by Cartier New York in 1928.
4. "Cartier in the 20th Century", by Young-Sanchez. Page 166-167.
A rock crystal pocket watch from Cartier New York, 1929, which reveals the 19 jewel movement, by Jaeger-LeCoultre, signed by the European Watch & Clock Company, in the Cartier Collection. Rudoe states "...the partnership between Cartier and the Parisian watchmaker Edmond Jaeger. From 1907 until his death in 1922, Jaeger worked exclusively with Cartier, and his firm had a contract with Cartier until 1933. Jaeger overcame the technical difficulties involved in producing ultra thin but superbly accurate mechanisms."

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