18ct yellow gold Cartier Vendôme wristwatch. Made 1970

18ct yellow gold Cartier Vendôme wristwatch. Made 1970Cartier is a brand that has forever been associated with Opulence, class and sophistication. The company was founded by Louis Franois Cartier in 1847 as an Atelier de Haute Joaillerie after he took over the workshop of his Master, Adolphe Picard. He was succeeded in 1874 by his own son Alfred who continued to uphold the high standards set down by his father. It was not until 25 years later, in 1899 when Alfreds three sons took over the business and

with the crystal hermetically sealed for water resistance up to 30 metres

The calibre 27-460M (“M” for Monodate) was an evolution of Patek Philippe’s first automatic calibre

This particular example is in rose gold with a pink dial

It is equipped with an automatic (bumper) movement

Dial: Silvered dial featuring yellow gold baton hands and applied yellow gold hourmarkers

Czapek opted to depart from the company in 1845

Both manual-wind movements had 17 jewels

the Ceinture

Case dimensions: 33 x 35mm

Calibre: 342

Dial: Black cross-hair dial with printed inner minute track featuring mirror polished baton hour indices and dauphine hands with date window at 3 o'clock

Reference:  ST105