Cartier: A gold rectangular wristwatch Y
"Tank", Numbered 10311, 7746, hallmarked London 1964
£20,160
Auction: 29 April 2025 from 14:00 BST
Description
Hand-wound mechanical movement, white dial with black Roman numerals, blued steel hands, 18 carat yellow gold rectangular case hallmarked to the inside, on black strap with 18 carat yellow gold Cartier deployant buckle numbered 1138 and hallmarked London 1964. Dial signed, case stamped JC and numbered, movement signed Jaeger LeCoultre. Dimensions 18.5 x 26mm.
Accompanied by a Cartier London insurance document dated 1978.
Provenance
From the family of the original owner, London based British actress and model Julie Alexander (1938-2003)
Footnote
Julie Alexander (1938-2003) was a British model and actress in the late 1950s and early 1960s. On leaving school she undertook clerical work to pay for drama lessons and then began her career as a model and in TV advertising. By the late 50s she was working in films and amongst other glamourous roles, she was probably best known for playing Rosalie Dawn, in The Pure Hell of St Trinian’s (1960). She retired from acting in 1962.
In 1979 Alexander married Robert Breckman, a theatrical accountant. The couple founded and funded the Julie and Robert Breckman Centre at the PDSA PetAid hospital in Romford which opened in 1999. The Romford centre held memorabilia from Julie Alexander's modelling and acting career as well as a collection of specially commissioned artwork. In 2000, Julie and Robert Breckman donated the most important examples from their collection of prints by Francesco Bartolozzi as well as their collection of Staffordshire ceramics, to the Victoria & Albert Museum. The Julie and Robert Breckman Staffordshire and Print Fund was also established at the V&A. Their donation included an example of a print in its original frame, Bartolozzi's 'Apotheosis of a Beautiful Female' of 1797 (V&A Accession no: E.933-2000). The Julie and Robert Breckman Prints and Drawings Gallery at the V&A Museum opened in 2005.