Constellation 2852 — 2852, 3-6-9-12 Numerals

Identifying details

• Arabic numerals

  Arabic hour numerals in place of Cartier’s usual Roman numerals.

• Pie-pan dial

  Dial whose outer minute track slopes down from a flat centre, like an upturned pie dish.

• Dauphine handsDauphine handsBroad hands that taper towards their tips, with a central facet running lengthwise. The name describes a hand style, not a particular maker or reference.

  Tapered, faceted dauphine-shaped hour and minute hands, as on the first Autavias.

• Observatory medallion

  Caseback medallion of the Geneva Observatory under eight stars, the Constellation emblem.