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  • Manufacturer: Cartier
    Year: Circa 1999
    Reference No: 2351
    Case No: CC416837
    Model Name: Navette
    Material: 18k yellow gold and diamonds
    Calibre: Quartz
    Bracelet/Strap: Green Cartier crocodile leather strap
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k yellow gold Cartier deployant buckle
    Dimensions: 24 mm. width
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed

  • Catalogue Essay

    The Navette model features a particularly unique navette-shaped case encrusted with diamond-set bezel and crown. The dial is perfectly angled giving the watch a very exclusive yet sophisticated look.

  • 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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Ref. 2351
A lady's fine yellow gold and diamond-set navette-shaped wristwatch

Circa 1999
24 mm. width
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$28,000 - 40,000 

Sold for HK$27,500

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: TWO

Hong Kong Auction 31 May 2016