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Breguet Jump Hour wrist watches
Hi Roni: Nice to hear from another Heures Sautantes afficionado! Here are two Breguet Cart wrist watches from the 1930s...please add any different ones that you may have. That second one is amazing!
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By: Tick Talk : March 7th, 2011-14:19
Robert Cart was an obscure Swiss watchmaker who was responsible for an iconic complication of the 1930's that remains strongly associated with Breguet and Vacheron & Constantin to this day; the Heures Sautantes. I recently acquired an example which Cart m...
Great history lesson....
By: WHL : March 7th, 2011-18:03
Thank you Dean for your research into Cart's work. I learned quite a lot from this article. I have always been attracted to the jumping hour complications from Vacheron Constantin (there were predecessors from the early 19th Century as well). I would hope...
A few examples...
By: Tick Talk : March 8th, 2011-14:01
Robert Cart watches (pre-DIXI) are hard to find but here are a few examples that are more decorated. One is a Type II with delicious enamel Zodiac decorations on the bassine-style bezel. The other is a Cart Breguet with untypical enamel decoration to the ...