The Rotonde de Cartier Fling Tourbillon

Monday 30 January, 2012 - 15:00 PM EST

The Rotonde de Cartier Fling Tourbillon

Cartier new models in Pink Gold and White Gold

This is another of the new year’s Cartier timepieces. This is the third Tourbillion model released in 2012: the Rotonde de Cartier Flying Tourbillon.

The Rotonde de Artier flying tourbillon offers a classic reinterpretation of the 9452 MC Movement, specially produced to meet the criteria of the Geneva Seal. Complementing more contemporary design such as the Calibre de Cartier or the Ballon Blue de Cartier, this refined watch is the smallest in its category with its 40 mm diameter offering exceptional comfort on the wrist.

A blend of circles and curves, it has been carefully designed to give power to the watch without making it heavy and to underline its exceptional technical characteristics, the C-shaped tourbillon carriage appears to fly on the bridges, as if weightless above the dial.

Technical details:

References: W1556251 (Pink gold) and W1556216 (White Gold)

Movement: Mechanical Manufacture with manual winding, calibre 9452 MC, certifies Geneva Seal, flying tourbillon with seconds indicated by the C-shaped tourbillon carriage, 19 jewels

Power reserve: approximately 50 hours

Case: 18K Pink gold or 18K White Gold

Diameter: 40 mm

Crystal: Sapphire

Dial: white galvanised “guilloche”, brushed sunray effect with black transferred Roman numerals and sword-shaped blued-steel hands

Strap: alligator-skin with double adjustable deployment buckle in 18K pink gold

Water resistance: 30 meters or 100 feet.