Clé de Cartier Automatic Skeleton

WHCL0008

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Clé de Cartier Automatic Skeleton

Brand  : Cartier
Collection  : Fine Watchmaking Collection
Model  : Clé de Cartier Automatic Skeleton
Reference  : WHCL0008
Complement : Palladium - Alligator Strap
Year : 2016
Is not commercialised any more

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  • Brand  : Cartier
    Collection  : Fine Watchmaking Collection
    Model  : Clé de Cartier Automatic Skeleton
    Reference  : WHCL0008
    Complement : Palladium - Alligator Strap
    Year : 2016
    Is not commercialised any more
    List Price : 54 000 €
    Diameter : 41 mm
    Thickness : 11.45 mm
    Styles : Atypical
    High Horology
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : Calibre 9621 MC
    Calibre distinction : Skeleton
    Gold oscillating weight
    Complication : Skeleton
    Case material : Palladium
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    Key set with a blue sapphire
    Shape : Other
    Water-resistance : 30 meters
    Display : Blued steel Sword-shaped hands
    Indexes : Roman numerals
    Glass : Sapphire
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Black
    Strap clasp : Folding buckle
    + More characteristics :
    Movement
    Manufacture mechanical movement with automatic winding, calibre 9621 MC, hours, minutes with skeletonised bridges forming Roman numerals and a skeletonised oscillating weight in 22-carat gold
    Encasing diameter:
    13 lines 3/4, i.e. 31.05 mm
    Total diameter: 31.63 mm
    Movement thickness: 5.66 mm
    Number of jewels: 28
    Number of parts: 165
    Frequency: 28,800 vibrations/hour
    Power reserve: approx. 48 hours minimum

    Case in 950/1000 palladium

    Double adjustable folding clasp in 18-carat white gold

    Also available in a brilliant-cut gem-set version

DESCRIPTION

  • Line, volume, movement: the Cartier style rests on the strength of the design, of which the Clé de Cartier model, created in 2015, is one of the very latest watchmaking examples. It owes its name to its winding crown, the shape and clicking action of which are inspired by traditionally-wound clocks, which Cartier now transposes onto the wrist, thus inventing a new watchmaking gesture.

    A symbolic example of Cartier ingenuity, it introduces the Maison’s first skeleton movement with automatic winding, the calibre 9612 MC, scientifically designed so as to enhance its aesthetic appearance.

    Its character can be seen in the extravagance of the Roman numerals typical of the Cartier skeleton model. In this open-work design, the bridges in the shape of the numerals III, VI, IX and XII structure the movement and define its appearance between solid and void, transparency of the outlines and organic vitality of the watch components.

    For the first time, Cartier’s master watchmakers have developed an automatic movement that merges naturally into this skeletonised architecture. An exploit that reveals the full force of their virtuosity.

    The challenge here was to skeletonise the oscillating weight and to make it invisible, while conserving the winding efficiency. This feat was achieved by establishing a judicious balance between its thickness and diameter, determining the optimum weight of the 22-carat gold rotor.

    The Cartier skeleton here takes on a new dimension, a passage made all the more outstanding by the Clé de Cartier model.

  • Line, volume, movement: the Cartier style rests on the strength of the design, of which the Clé de Cartier model, created in 2015, is one of the very latest watchmaking examples. It owes its name to its winding crown, the shape and clicking action of which are inspired by traditionally-wound clocks, which Cartier now transposes onto the wrist, thus inventing a new watchmaking gesture.

    A symbolic example of Cartier ingenuity, it introduces the Maison’s first skeleton movement with automatic winding, the calibre 9612 MC, scientifically designed so as to enhance its aesthetic appearance.

    Its character can be seen in the extravagance of the Roman numerals typical of the Cartier skeleton model. In this open-work design, the bridges in the shape of the numerals III, VI, IX and XII structure the movement and define its appearance between solid and void, transparency of the outlines and organic vitality of the watch components.

    For the first time, Cartier’s master watchmakers have developed an automatic movement that merges naturally into this skeletonised architecture. An exploit that reveals the full force of their virtuosity.

    The challenge here was to skeletonise the oscillating weight and to make it invisible, while conserving the winding efficiency. This feat was achieved by establishing a judicious balance between its thickness and diameter, determining the optimum weight of the 22-carat gold rotor.

    The Cartier skeleton here takes on a new dimension, a passage made all the more outstanding by the Clé de Cartier model.

  • Brand  : Cartier
    Collection  : Fine Watchmaking Collection
    Model  : Clé de Cartier Automatic Skeleton
    Reference  : WHCL0008
    Complement : Palladium - Alligator Strap
    Year : 2016
    Is not commercialised any more
    List Price : 54 000 €
    Diameter : 41 mm
    Thickness : 11.45 mm
    Styles : Atypical
    High Horology
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : Calibre 9621 MC
    Calibre distinction : Skeleton
    Gold oscillating weight
    Complication : Skeleton
    Case material : Palladium
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    Key set with a blue sapphire
    Shape : Other
    Water-resistance : 30 meters
    Display : Blued steel Sword-shaped hands
    Indexes : Roman numerals
    Glass : Sapphire
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Black
    Strap clasp : Folding buckle
    More characteristics :
    Movement
    Manufacture mechanical movement with automatic winding, calibre 9621 MC, hours, minutes with skeletonised bridges forming Roman numerals and a skeletonised oscillating weight in 22-carat gold
    Encasing diameter:
    13 lines 3/4, i.e. 31.05 mm
    Total diameter: 31.63 mm
    Movement thickness: 5.66 mm
    Number of jewels: 28
    Number of parts: 165
    Frequency: 28,800 vibrations/hour
    Power reserve: approx. 48 hours minimum

    Case in 950/1000 palladium

    Double adjustable folding clasp in 18-carat white gold

    Also available in a brilliant-cut gem-set version