CartierBallon Bleu de Cartier
The Ballon Bleu is Cartier's round watch of 2007, named for the sapphire cabochon on its crown and the curved guard that wraps around it like a bubble. This library holds 51 references.
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Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Yellow Gold / Silver
W6900356 · 36.6 mm
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Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Yellow Gold / Silver
W6900551 · 42.1 mm
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Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Stainless Steel / Silver
W69016Z4 · 42.1 mm
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Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Yellow Gold / Silver / Bracelet
W69005Z2 · 42.1 mm
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Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Stainless Steel / Silver / Bracelet
W69012Z4 · 42.1 mm
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Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Yellow Gold / Diamonds / Bracelet
WJBB0007 · 36.6 mm
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Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Stainless Steel / Silver
W69017Z4 · 36.6 mm
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Ballon Bleu de Cartier 40 Extra Flat Pink Gold / Grey
W6920089 · 40 mm
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Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Pink Gold / Diamonds / Bracelet
WE9005Z3 · 36.6 mm
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Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Pink Gold / Diamond
WE902028 · 36.6 mm
About the Cartier Ballon Bleu de Cartier
The design is a pebble: a case convex on both faces, Roman numerals that yield to the crown guard at 3 o'clock, a guilloché dial and a rail track. It was made in sizes from 28 mm to 46 mm and quickly became Cartier's most-sold watch. The library holds the 36 mm and 42 mm automatics in the greatest numbers, and the two tourbillon models at the top.
The movements are Cartier's 049, an ETA 2892-A2 finished by Cartier, and its no-date version the 049 No Date, which powers the 36 mm and 30 references here against 13 for the dated 42 mm. The hand-wound 430 MC sits in the small hand-wound models, the 9452 MC flying tourbillon with the Geneva Seal in 4, and the in-house 1847 MC of 2015 in the 40 mm. 44 of the 51 references are automatic.
The 36 mm case accounts for 30 references, the 42 mm for 14 and the 46 mm for 3. Pink gold is the material of 19 cases, steel of 9, white gold of 8 and yellow gold of 5, with two-tone behind them. Silver dials, most of them guilloché, account for 36. Water resistance is 30 m throughout, and the rarity median is 6.
The Tank is the rectangular Cartier the Ballon Bleu sits beside, the Calibre de Cartier the sports watch of the same decade, and the Rotonde de Cartier the round case for the fine-watchmaking movements. The glossary covers the crown and guilloché.
All models in this collection51
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Pink Gold W69004Z2
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Pink Gold W6900456
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Pink Gold WE9005Z3
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Pink Gold WE900551
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Pink Gold WE902026
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Pink Gold WE902028
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Pink Gold WGBB0008
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Pink Gold WGBB0009
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Pink Gold WJBB0005
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Pink Gold WJBB0009
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Pink Gold WJBB0010
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Stainless Steel W2BB0011
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Stainless Steel W2BB0012
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Stainless Steel W3BB0018
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Stainless Steel W69017Z4
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Stainless Steel W6920033
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Stainless Steel W6920041
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Stainless Steel W6920046
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Stainless Steel W6920047
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Stainless Steel WE902031
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Stainless Steel WE902054
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Stainless Steel WE902078
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Stainless Steel WSBB0007
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic White Gold WE9006Z3
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic White Gold WE900651
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic White Gold WJBB0008
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic White Gold WJBB0011
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Yellow Gold W6900356
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Yellow Gold WE9004Z3
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 36 Automatic Yellow Gold WJBB0007
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 39 Flying Tourbillon Pink Gold W6920104
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 39 Flying Tourbillon White Gold W6920105
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 40 Extra Flat Pink Gold W6920083
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 40 Extra Flat Pink Gold W6920089
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Carbon WSBB0015
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Pink Gold W6900651
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Pink Gold W6920037
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Pink Gold WGBB0016
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Pink Gold WGBB0017
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Stainless Steel W2BB0022
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Stainless Steel W69012Z4
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Stainless Steel W69016Z4
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Stainless Steel W6920042
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Stainless Steel W6920095
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Stainless Steel WSBB0003
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Yellow Gold W69005Z2
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 Automatic Yellow Gold W6900551
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 42 White Gold WE902049
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 46 Extra Flat Pink Gold W6920054
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 46 Flying Tourbillon White Gold HPI00586
- Ballon Bleu de Cartier 46 Flying Tourbillon White Gold HPI00683