Panthère de Cartier, Jumbo, Steel and 18k Yellow Gold

How to tell it apart

What separates a Ref. 187957 from its neighbors, and what to check before you buy or sell one.

What is a Panthère de Cartier Ref. 187957 worth?

Archiva has found no public sales of Ref. 187957 in the last five years. The closest comparable, from November 2023 to November 2026: Medium or large, steel and gold, with date (Ref. 1100 and 183949): $3,650 to $4,950, median $4,250 across 8 sales. A guide to the neighborhood, not a price for Ref. 187957.

What is the Panthère Ref. 187957?

The Jumbo Panthère in stainless steel and 18k yellow gold: a case 29 mm wide and 39 to 40 mm long, a silver or cream dial with Roman numerals, a date and a center seconds hand, blued steel hands, a sapphire crystal, a quartz movement and a bracelet of five rows, two of them gold, with a signed double folding clasp. Dealers date examples from 1986 to 1992.

How does the Ref. 187957 differ from the Ref. 1300?

In metal. Both are the Jumbo Panthère, about 29 mm wide and 40 mm long, with a quartz movement and a date. The 1300 is all stainless steel; the 187957 combines steel with 18k yellow gold, including two gold rows in its five-row bracelet. Bachmann & Scher calls the 187957 the man's size.

What does a two-row Panthère bracelet mean?

It counts the gold rows in a steel and gold bracelet. Alexandre Landre catalogs a 187957 on its original five-row bracelet, two rows of which are gold, closing with a signed folding clasp.

What number should a Ref. 187957 carry?

Auction houses and dealers print 187957 as the reference; Dorotheum's catalog of one steel and gold Panthère gives the numbers 187957C and 05958. A steel and gold Jumbo numbered 83957 or 183957 carries a different number: Bachmann & Scher lists one of 1985 as Ref. 83957, and Bukowskis catalogs a 29 × 29.5 mm example as case no. 183957 / 08691. No source found explains how these numbers relate to the 187957.

What should I check before buying a Ref. 187957?

The number on the case back; a bracelet with all its links, two gold rows among five and a signed double folding clasp that closes firmly; a silver or cream dial with clean Roman numerals; blued steel hands with a center seconds hand; a working date; and a quartz movement that runs. A dated invoice or Cartier papers help place a watch, like the 1992 purchase invoice offered with one example.