60Σ
Cartier
Ref. 3078
Collection Privée Montre Tank Chronographe Monopoussoir
A fine white gold limited edition square single-button chronograph wristwatch
- Estimate
- HK$120,000 - 190,000
HK$137,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Cartier
- Year
- Circa 2008
- Reference No
- 3078
- Movement No
- 003
- Case No
- 003/100
- Model Name
- Collection Privée Montre Tank Chronographe Monopoussoir
- Material
- 18k white gold
- Calibre
- Mechanical, 045 MC, 22 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Black <em>Cartier</em> crocodile leather strap
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k white gold <em>Cartier </em>deployant buckle
- Dimensions
- 34 mm. wide
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Cartier </em>Certificate confirming the present watch is numbered 3 of a limited edition of 100 pieces, product literature, instruction manual, DVD, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
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Catalogue Essay
Part of Cartier’s ‘Collection Privée’, the Montre Tank Chronographe Monopoussoir is a single push piece chronograph watch. Cartier only released 100 pieces of this model, which makes the present lot rare and collectable.
Cartier
FrenchWith the Constitution of 1848 came a new standard for luxury in France. Founded one year prior by Louis-Francois Cartier, the house of Cartier was one of the first to use platinum in jewelry making. This incredibly expensive material became the stepping-stone for Cartier to experiment in form, mechanisms and attitude. It helped men move from pocket watches to wristwatches, effectively making the watch much more functional and prominent in a man's overall wardrobe.Cartier did not only touch on functionality. Inspired by a commissioned painting by George Barbier featuring a black panther at the feet of an elegantly bejeweled woman, Cartier began incorporating wild animals in his designs—most notably, Cartier Panthère rings, bangle bracelets and watches. Yet it wasn't until the late 1960s that the house of Cartier debuted their iconic yellow and rose gold LOVE collection, which includes the famous bracelet that only a special screwdriver can open.
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