18ct yellow gold Cartier Ceinture wristwatch. Made 1970

18ct yellow gold Cartier Ceinture wristwatch. Made 1970The Ceinture was so named because the case is shaped like a belts buckle (ceinture is the French word for belt) with a very interesting square case featuring corners that appear to be cut. The winding crown, usually quite prominent and set with a blue sapphire Cartiers signature element is completely flat here, residing in a slot in the watch bezel without its usual sapphire cabochon. This unique feature is one that Cartier calls its remontoir

SKU: 3149

This similarly causes a darkening of the date ring and the oxidisation of the metal moon phase wheel and gold hands

Bracelet/strap: -

The Seamaster is the longest running product line still produced by OMEGA today

Dial: Off-white dial with outer minute track featuring applied 18ct yellow gold mirror polished baton hour indices and Roman numerals at 12 o'clock with gold baton hands and subsidiary seconds at 6 o'clock

Made: 1934

Features/complications: Chronograph

Made: 1890s

Dial: Black dial featuring applied golden dart hour indices with golden dauphine hands and subsidiary seconds at 6 o'clock

in the same year

Calibre: 28

and hours with two or three subdials