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LIFE IN THE FACET LANE
CARTIER MYSTERY CLOCK C. 1925; ROCK CRYSTAL, ENAMEL, ART DECO ERA EGYPTIAN STRIKING CLOCK. COURTESY: CARTIER (C)
GEMSTONE AND DIAMOND. COURTESY: SOTHEBY’S GENEVA
HAUTE TIME
by Diana Jarrett GG RMV became instant collectibles by European royalty and American
industrial magnates who embarked on Grand Tours of Europe
M any are the Millennials who as they were called.
eschew wristwatch wearing
altogether today. The reason One of the most celebrated such clocks were Cartier’s
being is that their hand held device tells Mystery Clocks featuring rock crystal quartz dials and
time and so much more in one super diamond studded hands and no visible mechanism to make
compact package. And who in this day them function. Other wildly popular clocks were designed with
is without their iPhone? Egyptian or Chinese motifs which were all the rage during the
Art Deco period.
There was an era, albeit a couple
hundred years ago when having While no one knows exactly how many of these century
personal access to the time was a luxury old clocks survived, they occasionally turn up at auction; some
reserved for the very rich. Even one fetching nearly $900,000.Treat yourself to an up-close preview
hundred years ago the notion of having a personal time-telling of similar rarities by visiting our Naples area auction houses.
device was still the domain of the deep pockets and aristocracy. With regards to such stylish early decor, they really don’t make
The venerable house of Cartier began making luxury table ‘em like they used to.3
clocks with rare jewels by the finest craftsman of the day. They
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