18ct White & Yellow gold Cartier Vendôme wristwatch. Made 1970

18ct White & 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

Reference: 1491

Brand: Vulcain

Dial: Lapis lazuli dial with white gold Dauphine hands

By the early 1920’s the popularity of the Cartier Tank watch was rising

Dial: Silvered dial featuring outer minute track with applied mirror polished baton shaped hour indices with Baton hands and sub-seconds dial

Some pieces were also given as reward to deserving employees

Dial: Off-white dial with inner minute track featuring black printed Roman numeral hour markers and blue steeled sword shaped hands

003 was officially selected by NASA

Dial: White dial with white outer minute track and Arabic numerals featuring Louis XVI hands and subsidary seconds dial at 6 o'clock

Case dimensions: 33mm

they did not forget to offer a dressier alternative

Features/complications: Marquise shaped diamond set bezel