CARTIER & European Watch and Clock Company - Lot 16

CARTIER & European Watch and Clock Company Tank d'aigle beak model men's wristwatch. Yellow gold (750) case. White dial, signed, with black hour markers, Roman numerals for hours, rail for minutes. Hand-wound mechanical movement, signed European Watch & Clock Co Inc. and numbered 246953. Screw-down caseback numbered 015 ??? and 43895. Eagle head hallmark and goldsmith's hallmark most probably EJ with hourglass for Edmond Jaeger. Hermès red leather strap, gold-plated buckle clasp. Circa 1940-45. Gross weight: 24.6 g. - Length: 20.5 cm. - Case size: 25 x 19 mm without lugs. Including travel pouch from the company, posterior. The European Watch and Clock Company was founded in 1920 by Edmond Jaeger and Louis Cartier, whose movements equipped the watchmaking productions of Cartier and Jaeger Lecoultre from the 1920s to the 1950s.