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What great provenance
May 21, 2015,21:11 PM
And your pictures and background to it all are superb. Thanks for sharing.... Timepieces, I feel, can be like trees... Inanimate objects that have been able to witness some of history's great events, but keep all the secrets to themselves!
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A Very Unique Historical (Cartier) Watch
By: yesjb : May 21st, 2015-09:59
A few weeks ago I attended a gala opening of the ballet La Sylphide by the New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center, as a guest of Vacheron Constantin., who is a major sponsor. In all, a wonderful evening. Since I was in New York for this gala, I also arran...
Amazing post!
By: foversta : May 21st, 2015-13:42
Your post really speaks to me. My grand-father was a US soldier and several family members fought in Europe after the D-Day. Great pics, great text, thanks a lot for this amazing post which also gives another example of the use of the 20 USD coin! Thanks ...
Fantastic Post! Bravo
By: cazalea : May 21st, 2015-16:56
I love this kind of thing. Thank you for taking the time to put together this story for us. Cazalea
What great provenance
By: ik2000 : May 21st, 2015-21:11
And your pictures and background to it all are superb. Thanks for sharing.... Timepieces, I feel, can be like trees... Inanimate objects that have been able to witness some of history's great events, but keep all the secrets to themselves!
History & watchmaking
By: tudorctin : May 22nd, 2015-02:00
Thanks for this interesting history lesson! Constantin
Excellent post!
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : May 22nd, 2015-02:46
Congrats on winning such important piece not only for Cartier Sincerely D
What a write-up, a pleasure to read !..
By: hs111 : May 22nd, 2015-08:50
Providing informatiom about aspects of horology & the historical context in those very important days of May 1945. You have to be commended and thanked for sharing these events & pictures of a very decisive time for Europe, no - almost the whole world. It...
Many thanks to all for your kind and generous comments!
By: yesjb : May 23rd, 2015-13:05
I am very pleased you enjoyed the post. I felt that I needed to share with other Cartier aficionados this significant historical watch. It has a very interesting history as you can see. I know that Cartier has extensive archives and I will bring the watch...
You are too kind, F-X
By: yesjb : May 27th, 2015-07:13
I will certainly do that. Unfortunately I missed you at SIHH, so it will be a real pleasure seeing you again. Warm regards, Joseph
Louis
By: georgetownhoya : June 10th, 2015-09:43
yesjb, I wanted to congratulate you on your acquisition of the incredible Cartier coin watch. I don't know if you happened to see it, but I wrote about it on HODINKEE and think it is the most incredible coin watch in the world. After some digging, I belie...
i don't think so
By: yesjb : June 10th, 2015-16:18
There are several reasons that it wasn't a gift to General Leyer which I have mentioned in private emails. The most compelling comes from my contact at Antiquorum who informed me that the source of the watch was domestic (ie American). I will check furthe...