CARTIER.
A WOMAN’S 18K YELLOW GOLD MANUAL VINTAGE WRISTWATCH

Model: Baignoire
Date: Circa 1970’s
Case reference: 408
Movement: Signed, 17-Jewels, manual
Dial Signed, cream, black Roman numerals, black leaf hands
Case: Signed, oval shape, polished 18K yellow gold, back secured by 4 screws on the sides of the case
Strap: Black generic leather strap, gilt generic buckle
Size: 26.5mm by 36.5mm

In 1912, Louis Cartier took the shape of a traditional watch and looking for a new innovative design, he decided to stretch it. The new model culminated in two straight parallel lines enclosed within two curves, reminiscing the shape of a bathtub or baignoire in French. Through the years, the model kept on evolving, adopting its familiar slightly curved oval shape in the late 1950’s and adding Roman and Arabic numerals, bordered by gold gadroons. Our lot is the perfect balance between sophisticated lines and pure style, paying homage to the cult 1958 model which has been following us until now with every new design.