Cartier & Bueche Girod – A 1960s 18ct Gold Dress Watch

Reference: YG 9944

Serial: 73663

Year: circa 1965

Bezel: Smooth, Cushion-Shaped Case

Case Material: 18ct Gold

Case Diameter: Approximately 26mm x 26mm

Dial: White Enamel, Black Baton Hands

Numerals: Black Roman Numerals

Crown: Blue Cabochon

Movement: Bueche-Girod 17-Jewel Manual Wind Movement, Adjusted in Two Positions

Strap: Black Leather

Inner Circumference: Approximately 17.0cm

Buckle: Fold-Over Clasp

Box: After-Market Cartier Pouch Only.

Papers: No

Gross Weight: 34.2 grams

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Condition Report

The watch is currently running, no long-term tests have been performed and accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

A full service is advised on all watches and pocket watches once purchased.

Slight surface scratches, scuffs and small dents throughout, commensurate with age and use.

Scratches, scuffs and small chips to crystal.

Marks and debris to dial.

Significant wear to edges of dial. Most of the wear is not visible whilst the watch is in the case. Chipping to edges of dial. Slight discolouration visible to edges of dial.

Debris throughout, most notably to case back and to clasp.

Not one screw is spinning and not closing the case securely. All other screws as expected.

Accompanied by After-Market Cartier Pouch. No Papers.

Note that the online condition report may not mention mechanical replacements or imperfections to the movement, case, dial, pendulum, separate base(s) or dome.

Watches with water-resistant cases may have been opened to examine movements, but no warranties are given regarding their water resistance.

Note that this piece is available to view, and we recommend that you do as that we cannot guarantee the authenticity or originality of individual components, such as wheels, hands, crowns, crystals, screws, bracelets, and wrist bands, since subsequent repairs and restoration may have changed the original components. Also, we cannot guarantee the authenticity or originality of any engraving or re-engraving on watch cases, case backs, bracelets, straps, or internal movements.

For your protection, every watch with an estimate over £1,500 is checked against the Watch Register. This is an independent company who hold the world’s largest, most established, international database of lost, stolen, and fake watches, containing data compiled over 35 years – providing Dawsons’ buyers with complete peace of mind.