Tortue à Pattes Monopoussoir (Cartier Paris)
c. 1927–c. 19362 variants
Cartier’s first single-button chronograph, in a Tortue case with extended lugs (“turtle with legs”). Pusher in the sapphire-set crown, constant seconds at 9 and 30-minute register at 3; LeCoultre-finished Victorin Piguet movement signed European Watch and Clock Co.
No reference numbers. Sotheby’s counts about 15–18 known (possibly with duplicates): most finished 1928–29, three possibly in December 1927, then a pause until one in 1936 after the Wall Street Crash.
Variants over time
All recorded years
19251934
192519301935
Faded ends mark approximate or unknown dates. Years are as stated by the cited sources.
Variants
Reference specifications
- Brand
- Cartier
- Model
- Tortue
- Reference
- No reference number
- Category
- Dress
- Production
- c. 1927–c. 1936
- Date
- No
- Movement
- Manual winding
- Calibers
- 11 JCCV
Specs shared by all variants. Variant pages show where a variant differs.