Cartier. A very rare bloodstone and 18k gold eight-day mechanical desk clock
No.02363, made in the early 1970s
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: 22 May 2025 from 14:00 BST
Description
Hand-wound eight day movement, silvered guilloche dial with black numerals and larger quarts numerals, gilt index hands, substantial bloodstone base with applied gold decoration, raised 18k gold bezel with triangular markers, French assay stamp, diamond shape makers mark indistinguishable, screwed to gilt case with winding, setting and regulation via the reverse. Dial signed, case numbered.
Dimensions
Diameter 120mm.
Provenance
Lots 56 and 57 are previously the property of Angela Danziger, wife of Harry Danziger, who with his brother controlled a significant portion of the Cartier empire during the early 1970s and introduced the world to ‘Les Must de Cartier’.