Cartier Tortue 2396

Case Tonneau case in 18 white gold, polished, fixed bezel in 18 white gold, polished, sapphire caseback fixed on 8 screws including pentalobe security screw, with ‘Cartier’ logo, reference and case number engraved, octagonal crown with sapphire cabochon at 3 o’clock serving to start, stop and reset the chronograph Strap Brown alligator strap, signed Cartier, double deployment clasp in 18k white gold, signed Cartier Dial Silvered dial with ‘lotus’ guilloche relief pattern, signed ‘Cartier Paris’, recessed sub-dials with fine circular grooves of small seconds at 9 o’clock and 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock, blued Breguet-style hour and minute hands, blued central chrono seconds hand, scales pad-printed in blue Movement Hand-wound mechanical movement, rhodium-plated, rocking pinion and column-wheel chronograph mechanism, mainplate with perlage, with laser-engraved ‘double C’ letters, functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, mono-pusher chronograph with central seconds and 30-minute counters Cal. Cartier 045 MC Mk1 Ref. 2396 Case No. 07**** D= 43 x 34 mm Year 2000–2008