Rotonde de Cartier 42 mm décor tigre

HPI00492

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Rotonde de Cartier 42 mm décor tigre

Brand  : Cartier
Collection  : Cartier d'Art
Model  : Rotonde de Cartier 42 mm décor tigre
Reference  : HPI00492
Nber of pieces : 100
Complement : White Gold - Enamel Grisaille
Year : 2012
Is not commercialised any more

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  • Brand  : Cartier
    Collection  : Cartier d'Art
    Model  : Rotonde de Cartier 42 mm décor tigre
    Reference  : HPI00492
    Nber of pieces : 100
    Complement : White Gold - Enamel Grisaille
    Year : 2012
    Is not commercialised any more
    List Price : 74 500 €
    Diameter : 42 mm
    Styles : Atypical
    Types : Hand-winding
    Calibre : 9601 MC
    Case material : White gold
    Case peculiarity : Beaded crown adorned with a cabochon sapphire
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 30 meters
    Dial : White gold
    Dial color : White
    Grey
    Black
    Display : Hands
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Black
    Strap clasp : Adjustable double folding buckle
    + More characteristics : Case
    18-carat white gold

    Dial
    18-carat white gold
    Tigre motif in grisaille enamel

    Strap
    Semi-matt
    18-carat white gold clasp

DESCRIPTION

  • Cartier d’Art: a devotion to the artistic crafts, ever richer and more complex

    The artistic crafts have always been at the heart of the Cartier story, allowing the demands of artisans to dictate the introduction of new skills, materials and techniques in watchmaking.

    These crafts are at the root of unique pieces fashioned in the hushed, intimate atmosphere of workshops, where talented artists devote themselves entirely to the task of creation and to the culmination of their fastidious efforts.

    Each of these efforts is marked by the same refinement, the same exploration of forms, volumes and colours, the desire to create inspired watches whose every detail is a badge of true dedication.

    A privileged dialogue emerges, a continuous exchange between the constraints of watchmaking and traditional and revived techniques. Curiosity asserts itself, driven by a burning devotion to the rare, seminal skills of these crafts.

    The creative and technical challenge is once more accepted and overcome by expertise and unrelenting passion that, in the midst of this arduous task, reveal the force of its precision and perfection.

    Rotonde de Cartier 42 mm watch, white gold, tiger motif, enamel grisaille


    A hypnotic play of magnetic black and white
    Grisaille enamel is an ancient enamelling technique that owes its name to the shades of grey (from the French grisaille) it employs from black to white, rendering the design as faithfully as possible with an engraver’s precision.

    Here, as if on canvas, black enhances white and supplies its backdrop. The craftsman swathes the dial in a gleaming coat of black enamel which is then hardened in a kiln. Step by step, the design is painted on with a brush in blanc de Limoges, changing with each of six to eight additional firings in the kiln. The piece requires almost 40 hours of enamelling work.

    The craftsman as painter can work with nuances of white to highlight shade, contrast, plays of light and the relief of the design. A special tool is used to scratch the white and heighten the illusion of fur on the animal.

    The design gradually emerges, the labours of a miniaturist paying tribute to one of the emblematic figures of Cartier jewellery, the big cat. The hypnotic tiger occupies with magnetic intensity the dial of this Rotonde de Cartier watch, which is issued in a limited-edition series of 100 timepieces.

  • Cartier d’Art: a devotion to the artistic crafts, ever richer and more complex

    The artistic crafts have always been at the heart of the Cartier story, allowing the demands of artisans to dictate the introduction of new skills, materials and techniques in watchmaking.

    These crafts are at the root of unique pieces fashioned in the hushed, intimate atmosphere of workshops, where talented artists devote themselves entirely to the task of creation and to the culmination of their fastidious efforts.

    Each of these efforts is marked by the same refinement, the same exploration of forms, volumes and colours, the desire to create inspired watches whose every detail is a badge of true dedication.

    A privileged dialogue emerges, a continuous exchange between the constraints of watchmaking and traditional and revived techniques. Curiosity asserts itself, driven by a burning devotion to the rare, seminal skills of these crafts.

    The creative and technical challenge is once more accepted and overcome by expertise and unrelenting passion that, in the midst of this arduous task, reveal the force of its precision and perfection.

    Rotonde de Cartier 42 mm watch, white gold, tiger motif, enamel grisaille


    A hypnotic play of magnetic black and white
    Grisaille enamel is an ancient enamelling technique that owes its name to the shades of grey (from the French grisaille) it employs from black to white, rendering the design as faithfully as possible with an engraver’s precision.

    Here, as if on canvas, black enhances white and supplies its backdrop. The craftsman swathes the dial in a gleaming coat of black enamel which is then hardened in a kiln. Step by step, the design is painted on with a brush in blanc de Limoges, changing with each of six to eight additional firings in the kiln. The piece requires almost 40 hours of enamelling work.

    The craftsman as painter can work with nuances of white to highlight shade, contrast, plays of light and the relief of the design. A special tool is used to scratch the white and heighten the illusion of fur on the animal.

    The design gradually emerges, the labours of a miniaturist paying tribute to one of the emblematic figures of Cartier jewellery, the big cat. The hypnotic tiger occupies with magnetic intensity the dial of this Rotonde de Cartier watch, which is issued in a limited-edition series of 100 timepieces.

  • Brand  : Cartier
    Collection  : Cartier d'Art
    Model  : Rotonde de Cartier 42 mm décor tigre
    Reference  : HPI00492
    Nber of pieces : 100
    Complement : White Gold - Enamel Grisaille
    Year : 2012
    Is not commercialised any more
    List Price : 74 500 €
    Diameter : 42 mm
    Styles : Atypical
    Types : Hand-winding
    Calibre : 9601 MC
    Case material : White gold
    Case peculiarity : Beaded crown adorned with a cabochon sapphire
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 30 meters
    Dial : White gold
    Dial color : White
    Grey
    Black
    Display : Hands
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Black
    Strap clasp : Adjustable double folding buckle
    More characteristics : Case
    18-carat white gold

    Dial
    18-carat white gold
    Tigre motif in grisaille enamel

    Strap
    Semi-matt
    18-carat white gold clasp