Sotheby's Paris · 2022
Cartier — Cheich
Reference Cheich · 18k Yellow Gold
$1,100,000
≈ CHF890k · €965k · £830k · HK$8.62M · ¥178,750,000
About this lot
Awarded to Gaston Rahier for winning the Cartier Challenge (back-to-back Paris-Dakar rallies). It is one of only four known examples, featuring a unique case design inspired by the Tuareg tagelmust.
Ranks #5 of 58 Cartier auction lots we track (top 9%) · #155 of 1,119 documented luxury watch sales overall (top 14%) · all Cartier records →
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| Maxi Oval | Baignoire Allongée | $100,000 | 2021 | Sotheby's Geneva |
| London Crash | Crash | $2,028,800 | 2026 | Christie's Geneva |
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