2012 SIHH New Watches Preview, Cartier Masse Secrète and Rotonde de Cartier Cadran Lové Watch

On the 22th Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie(SIHH), Cartier carried on a bold subversion, women's needs as a brand-new theory incorporated complicated functions, offered Masse Secrète cheetah watch that picked up Cartier 9603 MC refined movement. imagined and created a new unprecedented feeling, and it is gived time. this belief just like a brand philosophy, makes Cartier continue exceeding its limitation in Fine Watch Making field, interpreted by action deep skills and endless creativities of master watchmakers.

Echoes what with it is men's watch  Rotonde de Cartier Cadran Lové floating tourbillons watch, it has a Cartier 9458 MC refined movement engraved "poincon de geneve"; on this latest watch, Cartier adjusted location of the center of gravity, to free up wide space for vigorous and powerful decorative pattern.

Rotonde de Cartier Cadran Lové Floating Tourbillons Watch, with Cartier 9458 MC Movement

Case: 18K white gold
Diameter: 46.20mm
The Crown: round crown, a convex sapphire inlay on the crown
The mirrow: sapphire crystal mirrow
The Back: transparent sapphire crystal
Water resistant at 30 meters
The strap: black semi-matte alligator strap
The clasp: 18K white gold fold-over locking clasp
Movement: Catier workshop refined manual mechanical movement
The thickness: 5.58mm
Rubies bearings: 19
Movement parts: 167
Vibration frequency regulating: 21600 times per hour
POWER RESERVE: About 50 hours
individually number movement
Limited editon of only 200


Masse Secrète Cheetah Watch, with Cartier 9603 MC Refined Movement

The original movement shows Cartier symbolic cheetah adornment
The poised cheetah runs through time, round watch is given unique spirituality of the cat family. Interest and energy go together, this hero of Cartier animal kingdom makes the movement move as the jewelry swing rhythm.

In traditional watchmaking, women's complicated function watch is always outstanding reflection of precision technology. this Cartier watch places automatic rotor in reversing, and decorates with vivid diamond cheetah.
Cartier perfectly combined function of automatic rotor and decorative cheetah: lifelike stereoscopic cheetah linked the movement, make this super big cat look like moving on this mother-of-pearl dial.

The cheetah in the diamond bezel, elegantly walking with time goes.
The case: 18k white gold plated rhodium and inlaid diamond
Diameter: 42mm
The Crown: round crown, a dimond inlay on the crown
The mirrow: sapphire crystal mirrow
The Back: transparent back
Water resistant at 30 meters
The strap: black semi-matte alligator strap
The clasp: 18k white gold plated rhodium pin buckle inlaid round diamond
The dial: dark purple pearl-mother dial
Diamonds and Carats: 633 diamonds, totally 6.8 carats
Movement: Catier workshop refined automatic mechanical movement, 9603 MC movement;
The thickness: 6.85mm
Rubies bearings: 31
Movement parts: 204
Vibration frequency regulating: 28,800 times per hour, 18K white gold plated rhodium.

Five of The Most Popular Cartier Watch Lines

Cartier, stands for exquisite and luxury, the indispensable luxury item on the desire list.Let's go back to 1847 years, a genius jewelry master Louis-Francois Cartier found his jewelry empire.After that, the great works of art from Cartier were competing wearing for European emperors, can be call "the Emperor's jeweler", the emperor among jewelers

Cartier First watch: Cariter first watch was born in 1904, named Santos, name from famous Brazilian pilot Alberto Santos-Dumont as a "father of aviation " reputation. two years later, in 1906, Cartier launched the first jewelry watch. in 1910,Cartier designed ground-breaking wear method,fold-style buckle is its own unique technologies.

Cartier Tank watch: Cartier Tank launched in 1917 and got huge success,so far, it is already been the most successful style. Cartier Tank earned countless accolades in unique design, to a large extent affect design idea of other watch brands

Waterproof Watch: in 1933,a North Africa Morocco nobleman ordered a Cartier watch, he asked functions both swimming and telling time, so Cartier made his first waterproof watch. and it made of pure gold, the appearance is quite outstanding.

The following five series is the most popular among the numerous Cartier watches.

Cartier Tank

It comes from Louis Cartier was inspired west line tank during World War, and it is the best design of Military Aesthetics.

Cartier Tank leads a square watch fashion, its Innovation and excellent design earn everybody heart. Tank series has three different specification, and styling and appearance spead widely, include quartz watch and automatic mechanical watch, it almost became pronoun to Cartier and French elegant tradition

Pasha Waterproof

Pasha , it refers to senior officials' title of the Ottoman Empire and North Africa .the Morocco Pasha as is mentioned above had special requirements about swimming, it made Cariter create the waterproof series.

Tonneau

Tonneau, means barrel in english, it start to design for female, soon men also liked it. now it is already been Cartier Mainstream series

Bagnoire Oval

Baignoire, means bath in english, is symbol for exclusively female.Origin is the Duchess of Windsor had particular preference for the oval, So Cartier specially designed new oval watch for her

Diabolo

In 1992, Diabolo watch launched new style with Chrono Reflex movement, ater that, pen with this series highly sought after, as the factors of write properly and good looking.