

Libre Tank Chinoise Enamel, Ruby, and Diamond Watch (Price on Request) Revelation d’une Panthère White Gold and Diamond Watch (Price on Request) Panthère de Cartier Manchette Rose Gold and Diamond Cuff Watch (Price on Request). There is a Panthère de Cartier mini-model that features a smooth, silky gold bracelet that can be looped three times around the wrist, and a Panthère Manchette, whose square dial sits off-center on a wide gold bracelet. “As jewelers you focus more on what makes an object beautiful, not only on the technique.” The focus on aesthetics is clear in a collection of reimagined classics: The 2019 Tank Chinoise Red is a tribute to the signature 1921 rectangular model, with an 18K white gold case framed by lines of brilliant-cut rubies and diamonds, and sleek black enamel.Įven the house’s famously amorphous Crash watch-which, the story goes, was originally a Baignoire Allongée that melted when it was worn in a fatal car crash, thus inspiring the signature curvy style-was reimagined as the Panthère Crash with two diamond-studded panther heads wrapping around a twisting case. “We are not born watchmakers but jewelers,” Rainero says. The Baignoire is just one of the brand’s iconic styles made new this year. Grand Duchess Vladimir (also known as Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin), photographed in 1880. A generation later, people are rediscovering this model. We went back to the Baignoire’s original oval design from the ’50s. We see that often with cars, when certain models come back in favor. Interestingly, shapes are very much inscribed in the style of a period. For me the best reward is to see the Baignoire successful again. “The first large Baignoire was a model for men, for dandies. “The Baignoire is one of my favorite women’s models,” says Pierre Rainero, Cartier’s international director of image, style, and heritage.

Though a coveted model among collectors (myself included), the original Baignoire hadn’t been produced in decades, but this year Cartier has reissued it. Her oval timepiece-its whereabouts are, sadly, unknown-became the inspiration for Cartier’s 1958 Baignoire, a stylishly curvaceous design the shape of which, true to its name, resembles a bathtub. The Grand Duchess died in 1920, but her legacy lives on through her jewels (some, including the Vladimir tiara, are now owned by Queen Elizabeth II) and her enduring influence as one of Cartier’s greatest patrons.

Measuring unit: 1/100 second (for the first 60 minutes).Flashes with buzzer that sounds for alarms, hourly time signals.Electro-luminescent backlight Afterglow.For the DW-5600GU, the 5600 in white provides a canvas for printed drawings of 18 original characters once engraved on the case backs of past G-SHOCK models.Ī bit of nostalgia for fans of previous G-SHOCK generations, in a thrilling new design for lovers of the current G-SHOCK evolution. Journey across the G-UNIVERSE - an angular timepiece covered in a cast of old-school G-SHOCK characters. (Orders Placed today will ship in approximately 5-7 business days.)
