Yellow Gold
Tortue à Pattes Monopoussoir (Cartier Paris) — Yellow Gold
c. 1928–c. 1930
The usual metal. Examples catalogued at 33–34 mm long (Sotheby’s: 34 × 26 mm; Christie’s: 27 mm wide), backs held by four screws in the band, case numbers around 23’2xx.
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.
No verified image of this watch yet
Identifying details
- Monopusher
Chronograph started, stopped and reset by a single pusher, often in the crown.
- Cabochon crown
Variants of Monopoussoir (Cartier Paris)
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Yellow GoldCurrent | c. 1928–c. 1930 |
| Platinum (Unique) | 1929 |
Case & movement
- Reference
- No reference number
- Production
- c. 1928–c. 1930
- Case material
- 18k yellow gold
- Movement
- Manual winding
- Date
- No
- Caliber
- LeCoultre 11 JCCV
Dial, bezel & hands
- Dial colour
- Silver
- Hands
- Other
Movement
LeCoultre 11 JCCV
11‴ single-button chronograph built on a Victorin Piguet ébauche and finished by LeCoultre; signed European Watch and Clock Co. in Cartier’s Tortue monopoussoirs of the late 1920s.
Manual winding · 25 jewels