PATRIZZI & CO TO OFFER RARE CARTIER TABLE CLOCK

PATRIZZI & CO's HAVE RECENTLY DECIDED TO DELIGHT COLLECTORS OF WRISTWATCHES, POCKET WATCHES AND CLOCKS BY OFFERING OVER 150 PIECES UNDER THE HAMMER. A HIGHLIGHT OF THE AUCTION IS A CLASSIC 1929 GOLD AND NEPHRITE CARTIER TABLE CLOCK WITH GRANDE SONNERIE CHIMES. THE STUNNING AND UNIQUE TAB TOP TIMEPIECE IS SAID TO BE ONE OF THE TWO MOST COMPLICATED TECHNOLOGIES MADE BY THE COMPANY TILL DATE. THE RARE CHRONOGRAPH COMES WITH A LARGE COMET CLOCK FEATURING A GRAND SONNERIE, MOON PHASES AND CALENDER. ENCASED IN A 14 CARAT GOLD CASE WITH A NEPHRITE BASE AND SIDE PANELS, THE ENAMEL FACE PORTRAYS PHASES OF THE MOON. IT WAS OWNED ORIGINALLY BY THE SON OF HUGH L GRANT, THE YOUNGEST MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY, 1889-1892.