Pre SIHH 2018: Cartier Rotonde Skeleton Mysterious Double Tourbillon

The Mysterious movement, an icon of Cartier Fine Watchmaking, will be one of the protagonists at the French brand booth during SIHH 2018.

This historic movement was born in 1912 thanks to a collaboration between Louis Cartier and watchmaker Maurice Coüet, whose first mystery clock, known as Model A, was inspired by the clocks of the famous illusionist and father of modern magic, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin. Cartier is now paying tribute to the Mysterious movement with a new watchmaking interpretation, a Skeleton Mysterious Double Tourbillon.

The Mysterious Double Tourbillon movement created at the La Chaux-de- Fonds Manufacture in 2013. The tourbillon appears to be suspended in mid-air with no connection to the rest of the movement. As a double flying tourbillon, it effects a complete rotation in 60 seconds, while the tourbillon cage performs a second rotation in which each round takes 5 minutes.

All of the components are hand-finished: the bridges chamfered, anks drawn and screw heads polished. This year’s addition of skeletonised bridges in the shape of Roman numerals on the dial enhances the lightness and power of the watch.

The curves of the watch and mysterious movement
are complemented by the
stark geometric openwork architecture of the skeletonised bridges. The case, with its 45mm diametre and thickness of 12.40 mm, is in Platinum, and it’s also available with bezel paved with baguette-cut diamonds.

This extraordinary timepiece bears the certification of the ‘’Poinçon de Genève’’ and its production is limited and numbered to 30 pieces. (Price about €.183.000)