Cartier London · White Gold, Blue Numerals, 1992
Tank Asymétrique Parallélogramme — Cartier London · White Gold, Blue Numerals, 1992
Cream dial with stretched blue Arabic numerals and blackened baton hands; rounded brancards and stepped bezel; London hallmarks with date letter “S” for 1992 and the [JC] punch of Jean-Jacques Cartier; white and pink gold deployant. 26 × 25 mm. One of a tiny early-1990s London series of white gold Allongée, Asymmetric, Octagonal and Cintrée watches, perhaps three of each.
Identifying details
- Oblique dial
Case and dial rotated by about 30°, so 12 o’clock sits at the upper corner of the case.
- Deployant buckle
Folding deployant clasp on the strap.
Variants of Parallélogramme
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Cartier Paris | 1936–c. 1937 |
| Cartier Paris · LeCoultre Movement | c. 1937 |
| Cartier Paris · European Watch & Clock Movement | Undated |
| White Gold, Black Dial, 1950s | c. 1950–c. 1959 |
Case & movement
- Reference
- No reference number
- Production
- 1992
- Case material
- 18k white gold
- Movement
- Manual winding
- Caliber
- A. Schild 1978-2 — Signed Cartier, Cartier caliber 160
Dial, bezel & hands
- Dial colour
- Cream
Unknown attributes are left out rather than guessed. Unstated details are inherited from the parent variant.
Movement
A. Schild 1978-2
Small 7‴ A. Schild movement, signed Cartier and known as Cartier caliber 160, with Côtes de Genève decoration and Incabloc shock protection; found in early-1990s Cartier London watches.
Manual winding · 17 jewels