CARTIER - Lot 93

CARTIER Nain Jaune model, dated 1918 in the company's archives Wristwatch in 950‰ platinum and 750‰ gold, square case with platinum back and gold reinforcements, the face reproducing the figures on the board of the famous game, enhanced with lines of eight-eighth-cut diamonds and the corners set with triangular-shaped onyx (shock to the one at 4 o'clock). White satin-finish dial with patina finish on the corners, Roman numerals, chemin de fer hour markers, blued steel Bréguet hands, one-piece caseback with four lateral screws, mechanical movement signed European Watch Clock Co, crown set with a small rose-cut diamond. Signed Cartier on the dial, Master Edmond Jaeger hallmark on the case. Upper case numbered 7481, screw-down platinum caseback numbered 15031 and 7683 (also engraved inside). Wristlet in modern glued black satin signed Cartier, pink gold 750‰ folding clasp (Edmond Jaeger hallmark) adorned with an unbathed onyx line motif edged with eight-eighth-cut diamonds on platinum. Case size: 2.35 x 2.35 cm Gross weight: 34.8 g. In original Paris - London - New-York case. Attestation from Cartier dated November 2, 1988, specifying the results of archival research. Bibliography : BARRACA (Jader), NEGRETTI (Giampiero), NENCINI (Franco). Cartier's time. Milan, Wrist International, 1989. Reproduced p. 70; GORDON (George). Cartier. A century of Cartier wristwatches. Hong Kong, Zie Yongder Co Ltd, 1999. Please consult our catalog on Drouot.com and Interencheres.com for numerous interior and exterior photos.