Cartier: A gold tonneau shape wristwatch Y
Louis Cartier Collection "Square Incurvee", Ref.78101, circa 1980
£6,930
Auction: 29 April 2025 from 14:00 BST
Description
Mechanical hand-wound movement, white dial with black Roman numerals, blued steel hands, 18 carat yellow gold tonneau shape case, cabochon-set crown, on black Cartier strap with yellow gold deployant buckle. Case, dial and movement signed Cartier. Dimensions 27 x 32mm.
Footnote
Launched in 1973 as part of the ‘Louis Cartier’ collection of twelve new watches, the Square Incuvee Ref.78101 is also referenced popularly as the ‘Cartier Faberge’, although this moniker is not noted in literature on the subject.
The same model can be found in the Chaille, François and Cologni, Franco, The Cartier Collection; Timepieces, Flammarion, 2006, page 471, listed as being made by Cartier Paris in 1973 and labelled as a ‘Square Incurvee’.