Cartier, Paris. A fine 18K gold slim openface minute repeating watch
1920's
Date: 1920's
Movement: 29-jewel manual winding, lever escapement with bimetallic balance and flat spring, repeating on two gongs
Dial: Gilt, Arabic chapters, subsidiary seconds, blued Breguet hands
Case: Plain polished snap back with enamel crest and monogram, no. 3129 on lid, no. 338 on pendant and with French hallmarks
Signed: Dial and movement
Accompaniments: Original Cartier box
Provenance:
The present watch was made for J. Griswold Webb (1890 – 1934), a prominent New York politician who had a long career in the State legislature. Adventurous, in 1912 he and a fellow Harvard student drove an automobile from New York across the continent to Vancouver. Later he developed an interest in flying and was instrumental in developing commercial aviation while a State senator from 1923 to 1934.
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1920's
Date: 1920's
Movement: 29-jewel manual winding, lever escapement with bimetallic balance and flat spring, repeating on two gongs
Dial: Gilt, Arabic chapters, subsidiary seconds, blued Breguet hands
Case: Plain polished snap back with enamel crest and monogram, no. 3129 on lid, no. 338 on pendant and with French hallmarks
Signed: Dial and movement
Accompaniments: Original Cartier box
Provenance:
The present watch was made for J. Griswold Webb (1890 – 1934), a prominent New York politician who had a long career in the State legislature. Adventurous, in 1912 he and a fellow Harvard student drove an automobile from New York across the continent to Vancouver. Later he developed an interest in flying and was instrumental in developing commercial aviation while a State senator from 1923 to 1934.
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