Lot 251 · Important Watches: Part II
Tortue, Reference 2643 | A yellow gold and diamond-set wristwatch | Circa 2000
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- Estimate
- CHF 5,000–CHF 7,000 hammer ≈ $5,527–$7,737
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Watches: Part II, Geneva · 15 May 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5212785
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Cartier, Tortue, Reference 2643 | A yellow gold and diamond-set wristwatch | Circa 2000. Sotheby's, 15 May 2024, lot 251. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5212785.
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Cartier, Tortue, Reference 2643 | A yellow gold and diamond-set wristwatch | Circa 2000. Sotheby's, 15 May 2024, lot 251. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5212785.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Cartier | Diamond ring, 'Nigeria' | Sotheby's, Jun 2023 | ||
| Cartier | 'Love' diamond and pink gold bracelet | Rago, Nov 2022 | ||
| Cartier | Diamond demi-parure, 'C de Cartier' | Sotheby's, Feb 2022 | ||
| Cartier | Untitled | Sotheby's, Jun 2019 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.