| An early 20th Century Swiss lever in a gold and enamel case with fitted easel case. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, escape pivots with endstones in a polished steel
setting. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Slim 18 carat open face case the back decorated with a band of light blue translucent enamel over an engine turned ground. In the centre an applied gold chased and engraved cartouche in a white enamel ground. A further band of applied chased and engraved gold work with translucent red dots, again in a white enamel ground. In a gilt tooled red
morocco covered case, faded Cartier signature on the underside. Buff velvet interior, the fitted section for the watch hinged with an easel stand.
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