CARTIER – Masse Mystérieuse Platinum Edition

 

CARTIER – ROTONDE DE CARTIER Masse Mystérieuse Platinum Limited Edition 2022

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Cartier Masse Mystérieuse

At Cartier, time is not only an objective fact, but also, and above all, a mystery that the Maison continues to explore. Everything, including the most advanced techniques, are designed around the aesthetics allowing our mysterious complications to play with illusion and the perception of time.

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New Fine Watchmaking enigma at Cartier: the Masse Mystérieuse. A spectacular watch that turns to the rhythm of an original movement created by the Fine Watchmaking Manufacture. 

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What is the “mystery”? Its beating heart, the magic of a mobile calibre condensed into a semi-circle, transformed into a skeletonised oscillating weight.

Two maison signatures

The Masse Mystérieuse watch brings together two of the Maison’s watchmaking signatures: the mysterious movement and the skeleton. Everything, right down to the technology, is infused with design and aesthetics. 

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Since the mystery clocks first appeared in the 1910s, the movement has not only been miniaturised to fit watch cases but, for this new creation, it has also been reimagined to make the oscillating weight a real ornament.

A new movement
the result of eight years of research  

The new calibre 9801 MC ensures the effects of gravity do not affect the chronometer. The result of nearly eight years of work at the Cartier Manufacture, where it was designed, developed and assembled, this movement has now been filed for a patent. It took five different constructions before a prototype could be launched, with two further prototypes needed to develop the final version of the calibre. 

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On the Masse Mystérieuse watch, the hands float in the space of the case, without being connected to any gears. More than that: the whole movement also seems weightless. All components that receive energy from the movement, transmission and regulation are integrated in the rotor. The rotor itself is skeletonised to make this moving spectacle visible.

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In the centre, an ultra-sophisticated differential system - borrowed from the automotive industry - has been integrated into the movement to prevent the time display from being caught in the mass. A technical feat that comes to life at the slightest touch of the wearer and seamlessly displays the time to the rhythm of the hands in the void. 

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On this piece, the most technical and complex piece ever developed by the Manufacture’s watchmakers, the mysterious rotor uses an innovative principle that ensures the balance wheel always remains in the same vertical position. For this to happen, the rotor rotates in both directions at an irregular speed.

A brief history of the mystery

Mystery clocks make up their own chapter in the Maison’s history. We say “mystery” because their hands appear to float over the transparent body of the clock, with no connection to the movement. The first Cartier mystery clocks were introduced in 1912. 

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They bear witness to Cartier’s aesthetic vision and made the Maison famous in the early 20th century. These “miracles of timekeeping”, as they were called by the fashion magazine La Gazette du Bon Ton in 1925, are the fruit of collaboration between Louis Cartier and an exceptional clockmaker, Maurice Couet. The latter was not even 25 years old when he was first noticed by Cartier, and was already highly experienced.

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From 1911, he became Cartier’s exclusive supplier. The first mystery clock, dubbed Model A, left the workshops in 1912. Maurice Couet took his inspiration from the clocks of the famous illusionist and father of modern magic, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin. The principle, which he adapted and developed, is based on an ingenious concept: the hands are not directly linked to the movement, but are attached to two crystal discs fitted with serrated metal edges. 

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Activated by the movement, which is usually housed in the clock’s base, these discs then turn the hands, one for the minutes hand and the other for the hours hand. So that the illusion is perfect, the edges of the discs are concealed by the hour circle.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model : Rotonde de Cartier Masse Mystérieuse Platinum Edition

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Limited edition :     Numbered limited edition of 30 pieces

A version in platinum set with baguette-cut diamonds, as well as a version set with baguette-cut diamonds and a platinum bracelet set with baguette-cut diamonds are also available.
Cartier jewellery is made with gold 750/1000 and platinum 950/1000. The indicated carat weight of the centre stones may vary slightly.

Case
Platinum 950/1000
Diameter:    43.5 mm
Thickness :    12.64 mm
Crown :    Set with a ruby cabochon
Movement    
Calibre 9801 MC
Manufacture mechanical movement with automatic winding
Encasing diameter :    17 lines ½
Total dimension :    39,6 mm
Thickness :    7,3 mm
Number of  jewels :    43
Frequency :    28,800 vibrations/hour
Power reserve :    42 hours
Bracelet    
Semi-matt dark grey and black alligator leather

Limited edition of 30 pieces

 ✅ Price : € 250.000 / 270.000 USD 💰

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Richemont Group - closes stores in russia

 

Richemont Group joins Ukrainian relief efforts & closes stores in russia

The Richemont Group, the parent holding company that owns Cartier, A. Lange & Söhne, Baume & Mercier, IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Montblanc, Officine Panerai, Piaget, Roger Dubuis, Vacheron Constantin and Van Cleef & Arpels, announced today that it stands with all those affected by the war in Ukraine. 

The Group pledged support for the safety of its employees in the country. Richemont pledged funds to Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) to help Ukrainian victims. Richemont further adds that it has stopped operations in Ukraine and suspended commercial activities in Russia, with the following statement:

    Richemont's deepest compassion and thoughts go out to our colleagues, their families and friends affected by the tragic situation in Ukraine.

    With the care and wellbeing of our colleagues top of mind, we are in close contact with our people on the ground and ensuring they receive all the financial, logistic and moral support they need.

    Richemont has initiated a significant donation to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This donation will help provide emergency response activities, basic aid items, and medical supplies and support to people in need in the region. Several of our Maisons and businesses are also supporting humanitarian efforts with additional donations and contributions.

    Given the current global context, it is with regret that we stopped our operations in Ukraine on 24 February and suspended our commercial activities in Russia on 3 March.

    We will continue to monitor developments and adapt our measures accordingly.

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CARTIER – RONDE LOUIS CARTIER Métiers d’Art Edition

CARTIER – RONDE LOUIS CARTIER Métiers d’Art Panther Motif White Gold Limited Edition

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THE CARTIER
MÉTIERS D’ART

Straw and gold marquetry and enamel filigree – this year, the artisans in La Chaux-de-Fonds reveal two new “Métiers d’Art” watches, created around the natural and the precious through exchanges between marquetry craftsmen, jewellers, designers, enamellers, gem-setters and miniature painters.

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Since its first appearance in its abstract form in 1914, Cartier has continually reinterpreted the panther. The feline illuminates multiple Cartier creations with varied inspirations. From motif to material or volume, everything related to the animal provides reason to go beyond the different crafts and techniques allowing new creative territories resulting from unexpected encounters.

RONDE LOUIS CARTIER
STRAW AND GOLD MARQUETRY WATCH

Made entirely by the marquetry craftsman from the Maison des Métiers d’Art in La Chaux-de-Fonds, this year, the Ronde Louis Cartier watch unveils the technique of straw and gold marquetry.

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The precious metal is added to the palette of materials already used in marquetry, making it possible to work with volume and create a rendering reminiscent of bas-relief. An adventurous, never-before-seen undertaking that required the marquetry craftsman to be trained in gold work by the jewellers from the Maison des Métiers d’Art.

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Seventy-five blades of straw in different sizes and shades, produced in 11 colours, make up the parts of the décor. The feline’s head is comprised of more than sixty-five elements in white, yellow and pink gold, which are shaped and satin-finished one by one.

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With an unusual play of meta-exploration, yellow gold wires are embedded in natural straw elements, adding complexity and sophistication that the craftsmen explored for the first time. 

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Cartier combines ceramic arts with the art of composition, to which marquetry belongs, by enamelling the spots on the coat and eyes.  The rich colour palette contrasts black and white with a large number of shades between opaline and yellow.

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For the eyes, four different shades come together on a miniscule surface. The gaze comes to life with sparkle, shine and depth, an expression of Cartier’s figurative and realist art. The spots in the background are created with miniature paint.

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Brought to life after more than 100 hours, 97 of which are spent on the dial alone, this creation is available in a limited edition of 30 individually numbered timepieces.

RONDE LOUIS CARTIER
ENAMEL FILIGREE WATCH

This year, designers and craftsmen from the Maison des Métiers d’Art have adapted the filigree technique to be used with enamel. 

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With this technique, the enamel powder is heated, and the glass is stretched until it takes the shape of bamboo, before being set and fixed to the dial by tiny strands of yellow gold. This creates the bamboo effect used in the foreground. 

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To add perspective to the motif and play with the effects of depth, the craftsmen had to turn to other areas of expertise: domed champlevé enamel for the bamboo in the background and black spots of the beast’s fur and eyes, as well as miniature painting for the sky and the background bamboo. 

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With a scene entirely dedicated to the Maison’s emblematic animal, this watch is available in a limited edition of 30 individually numbered pieces. 

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model :  RONDE LOUIS CARTIER Métiers d’Art Edition

Movement
MANUFACTURE MECHANICAL MOVEMENT
WITH MANUAL WINDING Caliber 430 MC
Encasing diameter: 9 lines
Total dimensions: 20.5 mm
Thickness: 2.15 mm
Number of jewels: 18
Frequency: 21’600 vibrations/hour
Power reserve: 38 hours 
Functions
Hours/minutes. 

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• 🔺 STRAW AND GOLD MARQUETRY WATCH

Diameter: 42 mm, thickness: 8.03 mm
18K white gold
Crown set with a sapphire cabochon
Dial
3D dial with panther motif in straw and gold marquetry
Strap
Grey alligator leather strap
Limited and numbered edition of 30 pieces

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• 🔺 ENAMEL FILIGREE WATCH

Diameter: 36 mm, thickness: 9.13 mm
18K white gold
Crown set with a brilliant-cut diamond (0.08 ct)
Bezel, dial and buckle set with💎 269 brilliant-cut diamonds (1.99 ct)
Dial
3D dial with panther motif in enamel filigree
Strap
Blue alligator leather strap
Limited and numbered edition of 3 pieces
 
Exclusive model Limited Edition - Only of 3 pieces

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CARTIER – Rêves de Panthères

CARTIER – Rêves de Panthères Day and Night NEW


Pre-SIHH 2015

RÊVES DE PANTHÈRES WATCH DAY/NIGHT COMPLICATION CALIBRE 9916 MC

A timeless subject of artistic watchmaking expression at Cartier, the dreamlike panther enters the decoration – at once diurnal and nocturnal – of a Day/Night movement that belongs to the great tradition of the Maison’s complications.

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A complete and tangible vision of time measurement that resembles a jewellery dream lulled by a precious sky that changes from starry night to shining sun.

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The figurehead of an incredible watchmaking journey, the panther, over the years, has ventured from one movement to another, sometimes skeletonised, sometimes oscillating, giving rise a creative repertoire to which the latest Rêves de Panthères watch belongs.

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The famous feline appears for the first time in a pack, surrounding a fabulous disc: a graphic, feminine and jewelled interpretation of one of Cartier’s most recent Fine Watchmaking movements.

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Driven by the self-winding calibre 9916 MC, the sun and the moon take turns indicating the time, appearing and disappearing in an alternating astral display, a magical spectacle observed by the three panthers.

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Entirely pavé-set with diamonds, this celestial watch is an ode to Cartier’s emblematic animal. On the Rêves de Panthères watch, their silhouettes spotted with black lacquer mark the timeless aesthetic with their enchanting trace.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Movement
    Self Winding/Automatic
    Manufactured calibre 9916 MC
    Power Reserve: 48 Hours 
Functions:
    Jumping Hours, Day & Night Indicator
   Hours by Disc
   Central Minutes
Case:
    Round
    White gold
    Diamond Set
Case Back: Transparent
Bezel:  White Gold Set with Brilliant-Cut Diamonds
    42.00mm
    11.75mm
Glass:
    Sapphire
Dial:
   White Gold Panthers with Black Lacquer in Front of
   White Gold Background Snow-Set with Diamonds and Blue Day-Night Disc

double AR

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Water resistance
    3.00atm / 30.00m / 100.00ft 
Strap
    Black Louisiana Alligator
Clasp:
   White Gold Folding Buckle Set with Brilliant-Cut Diamonds
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Cartier – Rotonde de Cartier Day and Night

Cartier – Rotonde de Cartier Day and Night NEW

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Here Cartier reinvents a famous complication from its watchmaking heritage: the Rotonde de Cartier Day and Night watch with retrograde moon phases, caliber 9912 MC.

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Day and night are indicated by a disk covering half of the dial that rotates over 12 hours and features a sun and moon motif. In harmony with the sky, the Rotonde de Cartier watch indicates the phases of the moon with a retrograde hand in the form of a lunar crescent. Such creative motifs and shapes rendered with stylistic flair are a signature of Cartier style.

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Rotonde de Cartier Day and Night watch, retrograde moon phases, 43.5 mm, Manufacture mechanical self-winding movement 9912 MC. Case in palladium, beaded crown in palladium set with a blue sapphire cabochon, white galvanized guilloché dial, silvered grid with transferred black Roman numerals, apple-shaped minute hand in blued steel, moon-phase retrograde hand in the form of a lunar crescent in blued steel.

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Strap in black alligator skin, double adjustable folding buckle in 18K white gold and pink gold. Complication indicators day and night with retrograde moon phases. Individually numbered movement containing 290 parts including 44 jewels.
Total diameter of movement: 30 mm, thickness: 6.44 mm, balance: 28,800 vibrations/ hour, power reserve approx. 48 hours. Sapphire crystal and case back. Case thickness: 12.77 mm. Water-resistant to 3 bar (30 meters).

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Rotonde de Cartier Day and Night

REF: W1556244 Palladium
REF: W1556243 Pink Gold
  Movement
    Self Winding/Automatic
    Manufactured caliber 9912 MC
    Balance: 28,800 vibrations/ hour
    Power reserve: 48 hours
 Functions:
    Hours, Minutes,
    Day & Night Indicator,
    Moon Phase
 Case:
    Round
    Palladium (Pink Gold)
    Polished
    43.50mm
    12.77mm
 Glass:
    Sapphire and case back
 Buckle:
    Deployment Buckle
    White gold
 Strap:
    Leather Alligator strap
 Water resistance:
    3.00atm / 30.00m
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Cartier - Rotonde de Cartier Earth and Moon

Cartier - Rotonde de Cartier Earth and Moon NEW


The Rotonde de Cartier Earth and Moon watch is the fruit of a technical and creative ambition that for Cartier consists of bringing together two complications in a daring display. Removed from its strictly horological role, in which it serves as a guarantee of precision and prestige, a tourbillon has been incorporated into a moon phase complication, with each one dependent on the other.

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 The watch owes its name to the stylised portrayal of the globe and the moon represented by a tourbillon. Together, they form a creative and animated world with skeletonised Roman numerals surrounding this dynamic feat of watchmaking.

An innovative blend of complications

The moon-phase mechanism of the Rotonde de Cartier Earth and Moon watch is founded on a creative and complex design that combines a tourbillon, moon phase on demand and a second time zone.

The tourbillon, or how to escape the earth's gravity

The Tourbillon mechanism is a complex complication that falls within the expertise of a limited number of watchmakers. Its main function is to fight against the effects of gravity when the watch is in a vertical position.
 
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The Tourbillon mechanism is a complex complication that falls within the expertise of a limited number of watchmakers. Its main function is to fight against the effects of gravity when the watch is in a vertical position.

Moon phase on demand: a double innovation

Because it appears in its original form and exists only when its user wishes it to, the moon phase on the Rotonde de Cartier Earth and Moon watch reveals a technical creativity that is doubly innovative.

By pressing the push-button situated at four o'clock on the side of the case, a panels descends and partially obscures the Tourbillon carriage. The crescent thus formed reproduces exactly the moon's shape in the sky.

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Second time zone: a bespoke development

The second time zone of the Rotonde de Cartier Earth and Moon watch is indicated by a 24-hour disc that was entirely redeveloped by for the calibre 9440 MC due to the sophistication of its disc display.

Exceptional finishes in an ode to craftsmanship and creativity

The result of painstaking work, polished lapis lazuli is used for the dial and the moon panel on the Rotonde de Cartier Earth and Moon watch. The hours and the second time zone are surrounded by a meticulously polished grid in 18-carat white gold. A three- dimensional dial is one of the signature features of the Cartier Fine Watchmaking collection, alongside Roman numerals that are openworked and chamfered by the hand of a master decorator in a manner akin to a skeleton movement.

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The exceptional finishes of the 9440 MC are all the more remarkable because the semi-skeletonised bridges on the back of the movement are structured in a star shape, echoing this precious timepiece's lunar and terrestrial character on the case back.

With the the Rotonde de Cartier Earth and Moon watch, the Maison Cartier has created a timepiece that displays an exceptional level of creativity and craftsmanship.


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