CartierRotonde de Cartier

The Rotonde de Cartier is the round case Cartier uses for its fine-watchmaking movements. The Mysterious Hour, the flying and double tourbillons, the annual calendar and the Earth and Moon all live in it. This library holds 33 references.

About the Cartier Rotonde de Cartier

The case is plain, with a fluted crown and a sapphire cabochon, so that the movement can carry the design. The Mysterious Hour of 2013 on the 9981 MC floats its hands on sapphire discs with no visible connection to the movement, an idea from Cartier's mystery clocks of 1912, and it is the most common movement here at 6 references. The 9452 MC flying tourbillon with the Geneva Seal accounts for 4, the 9462 MC Mysterious Double Tourbillon for 4, the 9440 MC of the Earth and Moon, which shows the moon phase by eclipsing a globe with the tourbillon cage, for 3, and the 9908 MC annual calendar for 4. 20 references are hand-wound and 13 automatic.

The 40 mm case accounts for 14 references, the 42 mm and 43.5 mm for 6 each, and the 45 mm and 47 mm for 3 each. Pink gold is the material of 14 cases, white gold of 11, and platinum and palladium of 3 each; only 2 are steel. Silver dials lead at 21 and pavé at 6. Water resistance is 30 m, every reference has a display back, and 8 are limited editions.

The Ballon Bleu is the round Cartier for everyday movements, the Tank the rectangular one, and the Calibre de Cartier the sports watch; the glossary defines the tourbillon and the annual calendar.

All models in this collection33