製造商: Cartier 年份: Circa 2011 型號: W1580003 機芯編號: 108 錶殼號碼: 3124, No. 95 型號名稱: Tortue XL Perpetual Calendar 材料: 18K pink gold 機芯: Automatic, cal. 9422MC, 33 jewels 錶帶/ 錶鏈: Leather 錶扣: 18K pink gold Cartier deployant clasp 尺寸: 45mm width x 51mm height 簽名: Case, dial, movement, and clasp signed 配件: Accompanied by Cartier certificate stamped Johnson & Co. India dated 12th May 2011, instruction manual, red folder, associated Cartier presentation box and outer packaging.
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Launched at SIHH 2010, the Cartier Tortue Perpetual Calendar is one of the most complicated novelties amongst the collection. The Tortue collection rooted back to 1915 with an important significance in Cartier’s heritage. The present Cartier Tortue embodies a spectacular complication with an unusual design. Impressive sized at 45mm in width, the timepiece was available in precious metal such as white gold and like the present example pink gold. Demonstrating fine watchmaking, the Cartier Tortue Perpetual Calendar exhibits a three-dimensional architecture with a stunning open-worked dial. Featuring a monotoned slate grey dial with classic Roman numeral hour markers, the dates are cleverly marked along the edge of the Tortue case shape indicated by an elongated blued steel hand. The days of the week are indicated across the bottom half of the dial with an interesting retrograde display from Monday through Sunday. Preserved in an attractive condition with strong wrist presence, the present Cartier Tortue Perpetual Calendar is without a doubt a collectible complication by the Parisian House.
With the Constitution of 1848 came a new standard for luxury in France. Founded one year prior by Louis-Francois Cartier, the house of Cartier was one of the first to use platinum in jewelry making. This incredibly expensive material became the stepping-stone for Cartier to experiment in form, mechanisms and attitude. It helped men move from pocket watches to wristwatches, effectively making the watch much more functional and prominent in a man's overall wardrobe.
Cartier did not only touch on functionality. Inspired by a commissioned painting by George Barbier featuring a black panther at the feet of an elegantly bejeweled woman, Cartier began incorporating wild animals in his designs—most notably, Cartier Panthère rings, bangle bracelets and watches. Yet it wasn't until the late 1960s that the house of Cartier debuted their iconic yellow and rose gold LOVE collection, which includes the famous bracelet that only a special screwdriver can open.