Antiquorum Geneva · 2002

Cartier — Tortue Minute Repeater

Reference Tortue Minute Repeater · 18k Yellow Gold

$1,500,000

≈ CHF1.32M · €1.38M · £1.19M · HK$11.74M · ¥234,000,000

About this lot

An exceptionally rare Art Deco minute repeater entered into Cartier's registers in 1929; it was the only known minute repeating watch made by Cartier during that era at the time of sale.

Ranks #4 of 67 Cartier auction lots we track (top 6%) · #135 of 1,179 documented luxury watch sales overall (top 11%) · all Cartier records →

Source: https://www.antiquorum.swiss/services/history/

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