| Author | Message | ||
     Ljparris New member Username: Ljparris Post Number: 3 Registered: 07-2005 Rating: N/A |
I won this watch on ebay an am supposed to pay for it on Monday. It just occurred to me that even though the seller has excellent feedback, other buyers may be just as uneducated as myself so I thought I'd get your opinion on the authenticity and maybe value. Thanks!  | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 3026 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Hard to tell, do you have photos of the insides? Movement & case back? | ||
| Ljparris New member Username: Ljparris Post Number: 4 Registered: 07-2005 Rating: N/A |
This is all I have until I actually get the watch :-)\    | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 3036 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
I'm not an early Cartier expert, but I would expect *some* stamping of Cartier on the movement and possibly the case back. To me, the dial looks refinished on that watch, so it isn't enough to go by. My guy feeling is that the watch is not a Cartier. I hope you didn't pay a ton of money for it. | ||
| Gregb New member Username: Gregb Post Number: 79 Registered: 10-2006 Rating: N/A |
The dial is DEFINITELY refinished and not original. Cartier also didn't mark their dials "Swiss", since they were manufactured in France. The older original vintage Cartier dials have no origin markings at the bottom of the dial and a few say "Paris" under the Cartier name. The movement also doesn't match anything I've ever seen in a Cartier I've owned nor any Cartier movement shown in my reference library. Cartier movements of this period were generally marked "European Watch & Clock Company" Cartier cases were usually marked "Cartier" or "European Watch & Clock Company", though not always. They normally used the French Gold/Platinum (Eagle/Dog) hallmarks instead of the Swiss hallmarks. The watch is not Cartier. Greg | ||
| Ljparris New member Username: Ljparris Post Number: 5 Registered: 07-2005 Rating: N/A |
Thank you very much! I feel sick :-( (and stupid) | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 3080 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Hopefully you didn't pay too much! |