Rotonde de Cartier

Breathtaking and ethereal, the Rotonde de Cartier Mystery watch hypnotises those who gaze on it with its hands that float in space. The purity of its design is such that the extraordinary watchmaking complexity of its mysterious display is forgotten. Indeed, perfecting this new Cartier Manufacture movement forced our watchmakers to rethink the traditional mechanism in its entirety. Their aim: to overcome the specific problems involved in driving large sapphire crystal discs. The paradox presented by an instrument of this kind is that the simplicity of the display conceals a watchmaking complication that demanded hundreds of hours of design calculation.