
SIHH 2018 is just around the corner and we’re already hearing about some exciting new releases. Today we’ll take a first look at Cartier’s new Rotonde de Cartier Mysterious Day & Night watch, a counterpart of the recently announced Rotonde de Cartier Skeleton Mysterious Double Tourbillon.
With both of its new releases, Cartier is drawing upon the enigmatic hybrid of fine mechanics and magic. The mystery comes in how their visible components are connected to the movement. Mystery Watches, or Mystery Clocks are sometimes called Impossible, because they seem to have no workings at all. Their hands don’t seem to be connected to the movement, so it isn’t clear what sets them in motion. The idea for these contemporary Mysterious Watches comes from the vintage Mystery Clocks that Cartier made in the early 20th century. The Rotonde de Cartier Mysterious Day & Night, combines this mysterious complication with another indication originating from 1912 - the Comet Clock.
While the secret of the Mystery Watches lies in the fact that their hands are fixed onto transparent discs driven by hidden gears, the Comet Clock or Planet Clock complication incorporates a star decoration and two superimposed dials. The lower one rotates to give the illusion of a star gliding across the imaginary heavens.
The new Rotonde de Cartier Mysterious Day & Night features a dial divided into two sections. The upper section, a mystery display, houses star shaped day & night indicators and also indicates the hours in the form of a 12-hour scale that is graduated from six to six along the top half of the dial. A blued steel hand shows the minutes on a retrograde display along the bottom half adorned with a radiating guilloché motif.
Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Mysterious Day & Night is powered by the manually-wound in-house movement, Caliber 9982 MC. The mechanism is made of 172 components, including 26 jewels, and it offers a minimum of 48-hour power reserve. The finely finished mechanism, with varied finishes, can be admired through the sapphire crystal case-back. The model starts with a 40mm gold case, available in either pink or white gold.
The Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Mysterious Day & Night will be officially unveiled in January 2018, on the occasion of the SIHH exhibition. The price is $63,000. For more information, please visit Cartier online.
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