Brand Cartier, Paris
Model “Collection Privée” “Tortue” “Monopoussoir”; numbered edition, No. 99
Year circa 2000
Movement No. 99 B
Calibre 045 MC, manual-winding, 22 jewels (developed by THA S.A., Sainte-Croix)
Case No. 0099 CC
Material/s yellow gold (18-carat)
Bracelet burgundy leather Cartier strap
Buckle yellow gold (18-carat) Cartier deployant clasp
Dimensions Ø 34.2 mm. 43 x 34.2 mm.
Thickness 10.6 mm.
Weight 86.5 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories Original fitted box, Certificate of origin
*An additional 0.9% surcharge applies to the hammer price for local delivery only. Cartier
Ref. 2356, single-button chronograph, 30-minute counter, calibre 045 MC, silver guilloché dial; “Collection Privée” “Tortue” “Monopoussoir”; limited edition; yellow gold (18-carat) Yellow gold (18-carat), manual-winding, “tortue” “tortue”-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, with subsidiary seconds at 9 o’clock and two horological complications:
• 1/6 second chronograph (activated by the winding-crown at 3 o’clock)
• Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock) Case: two-piece, polished, water-resistant with sapphire-crystal case-back screwed by eight screws; polished sapphire-set octagonal winding-crown. Dial: silver colour, guilloché (engine-turned), with black painted radiating Roman numerals, external minute track with black radiating painted lines; blued steel “Breguet” hands. Movement: calibre 045 MC, manual-winding, 22 jewels, rhodium-plated, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat hairspring, shock absorbers, chronograph work on the top plate (developed by THA S.A., Sainte-Croix, Canton de Vaud, directed at the time by François-Paul Journe, Denis Flageollet and Vianney Halter).
