Cartier Ballon Bleu 18K Gold Chronograph Watch
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Cartier, 18K gold 'Ballon Bleu' automatic calendar chronograph bracelet watch movement: 33-jewel automatic, column wheel chronograph, dial: guilloche engraved silvered, black Roman numeral hour markers, black inner minute divisions with 5 minute markers, secret signature at 7, date aperture at 9, subsidiary dials at 3 and 6 for seconds and 30 minute recording, blued steel pointed baton hands, centre chronograph hand. Case: brushed and polished round, exhibition back secured by 8 screws, inset cabochon set crown flanked by twin chronograph buttons, No.99429PV. Strap/Bracelet: fitted polished 18ct gold link, Buckle/Clasp: signed double folding clasp signed: case, dial & movement, accompanied by fitted maker's box, manual and original purchase receipt, size: 43 mm.
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- Chronograph - A chronograph is a watch that also incorporates the features of a stopwatch, to measure elapsed time. Most chronographs are operated by two buttons, one to start and stop the chronograph second hand, and the other to return that hand to the starting position.
- Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
- Baton Hands - A narrow hand on a watch, sometimes also called a stick hand.
- Guilloche - A form of classical decoration consisting of a repeating ornament of interlacing curved bands, sometimes forming circles, and further decorated with rosettes or other flower forms.
The name is derived from the inventor, French engineer Guillot, who invented a mechanical method of inscribing fine repeating patterns on to metallic surfaces.
On enamelled items with guilloche decoration, the surface is firstly engraved with the repeating pattern, and then covered with several layers of enamel, each of which is fired.
Where the item has not been enamelled the form of decoration is usually called "engine turned". - Date Aperture - A date aperture is a cut out section in the face of a watch or clock, displaying the day of the month.
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