Cartier - Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Geneva Sessions Spring 2024 Geneva Tuesday, March 5, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Manufacturer: Cartier
    Year: Circa 2023
    Case No: 223093DY 4298, N. 22
    Model Name: Santos Dumont L "Les Flaneurs"
    Material: Stainless steel
    Calibre: Manual, jeweled
    Bracelet/Strap: Leather
    Clasp/Buckle: Stainless steel Cartier pin buckle
    Dimensions: 32mm Width and 32mm Length
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Cartier Certificate of Origin, International guarantee dated August 24th, 2023, fitted presentation box, travel pouch and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    - A true collector’s item, the present Cartier Santos Dumont “Les Flaneurs” comes from the unique collaboration of renowned individuals and Cartier collectors including names such as Auro Montanari, Wei Koh and Shary Rahman. Part of a limited series of 50 examples made for these esteemed collectors that formed the club “Les Flaneurs", the timepiece features a charming emerald sun-burst dial, adorned with meticulously crafted rhodium Chinese indices. A special order project, its complete allocation had already been decided since its inception.

    - Turning the watch around one can notice the engraved case back with the group's name, individual number and enameled four-leaf clover. With its unique blend of elegance and craftsmanship the timepiece is further made alive thanks to a mechanical movement, a first within the Santos Dumont Large case collection.

    - In "like-new" and full set condition, the present Cartier Santos Dumont “Les Flaneurs” still bears its factory sticker to the case back and the plastic case protection.

  • Artist Biography

    Cartier

    French

    With 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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An extremely rare, unusual and attractive stainless steel wristwatch with sunburst green dial, Chinese numerals, emerald-set crown, certificate and presentation box, part of a 50 piece limited edition

Circa 2023
32mm Width and 32mm Length
Case, dial, movement and buckle signed

Estimate
CHF5,000 - 10,000 
€5,300-10,500
$5,700-11,300

Sold for CHF25,400

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Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Geneva Sessions Spring 2024

5 - 12 March 2024