![]() It was shown in limited platinum, gold and jewelled skeletonised versions, along with traditionally dialled versions on both straps and bracelets.Īnd for dainty wrists? Little comes close to the purity of the new petite Baignoire, a watch that in the age of unisex pieces is decidedly not, and all the better for it. What’s stunning about it is its 32.6mm by 25.7mm proportions and bevelled sapphire crystal, which are true to the 1917 original. This year it’s the Tank Normale that takes its place alongside such pieces as the Crash. ![]() If they look spectacular, the Tank variations were even more numerous, our favourite a version nestled in the Cartier Prive collection that “celebrates mythical models” – as if that’s a rarity at Cartier. If this wasn’t enough, a skeletonised Dumont was available cased in gold and, refreshingly at least cost-wise, in steel. Who knew?įrom left: The Cartier Baignoire, Tank Normale, and Santos Dumont, black-dialled and skeletonised models. The Santos Dumont – “as a tribute to the historical model” – was there in all of five new variations: two in grey or deep blue with guilloche dials, three in gold or platinum with the numerals cut directly into jasper, jade or dumortierite – the latter apparently a quartz silicate material with metaphysical healing properties. Thus, alongside spectacular jewellery pieces and rarities, Cartier brought beguiling reworkings of its venerable Santos and Tank designs. The maison’s secret lies in its uncanny ability to create something new from the old without stifling the appeal of the original, sometimes even restoring it. Never mind that your favoured Cartier model has been around since, well, early last century. Some of the thousands of visitors to the Watches and Wonders fair in April. If this was boosted by the inclusion of former Basel stalwarts Rolex, Patek, Tag Heuer, Chopard, Grand Seiko and Hublot, the traditional Richemont manufactures led by Cartier likewise made sure they brought their A game. The 49 exhibitors at this year’s event drew 43,000 visitors and their wares generated 1.8 million posts. With the demise of the famed Baselworld due to politics and costs, Geneva’s Watches and Wonders, originally very much a Richemont stronghold, has emerged as the undisputed king of watch fairs.
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