135 Cartier Charming and Unusual, Minute Repeater, Guillotine Pocket Watch, in Yellow Gold, Shutters Dial, With Gold Chain and Box

Estimate: €30,000 –⁠ 60,000

Model: Guillotine Pocket Watch
Case Material: Yellow Gold
Year: 1922
Movement: Manual
Case N°: 5978
Dimensions: 45 mm
Signed: Dial, Case and Movement
Accessories: Yellow Gold Chain and Box

With a yellow-gold case, this pocket watch with a large bezel and very thin thickness represent perfectly the Art Deco style of the period where pocket watches were the sole wearable object to tell time until the advent of the wristwatch. The present lot is a remarkable display of ingenuity with a particular ability to hide the dial. Pressing in a hidden button in the crown opens the shutters underneath the crystal to reveal an elegant guilloché dial underneath that snap shut smoothly as Madame Guillotine herself. On the back of the yellow-gold case are located, the blue enamel letters G.L.M. The silvered guillochè dial is well preserved, completed by the outer seconds and minutes track and Roman numbers with steel hands in blue. Powered by a trusty EWC movement with a deceptively simple (but beautifully made) shutter mechanism that even locks the window open when you are setting the time. The watch is also extremely fascinating for the minute repeater complication that comes with it, activated by the sliding pusher at 9 o’clock. Furthermore, it also comes with a box and yellow-gold chain.