163 Cartier A sporty and attractive, Caliber de Cartier, manual chronograph wristwatch in white gold, with central guilloché dial and open caseback, certificate and presentation box.

Estimate: € 8.000 –⁠ 16.000

In the ever-evolving lexicon of Cartier’s watchmaking artistry, the Calibre de Cartier Central Chronograph stands as a bold declaration of the maison’s commitment to mechanical innovation, sculptural form, and masculine refinement. Breaking away from the classical symmetry of the Tank and the architectural cues of the Santos, the Calibre collection introduced in 2010 marked Cartier’s assertion as a true manufacture—housing entirely in-house calibres and expressing a contemporary, muscular design language. The present example, executed in 18k white gold, is distinguished by its rare central chronograph configuration, where the chronograph seconds and minutes are indicated via co-axial hands emanating from the center—an uncommon and mechanically complex solution, made possible by the Cartier calibre 9907 MC. Its layered silvered dial with guilloché finishing and snailed subdials is impeccably balanced, framed by bold Roman numerals and punctuated by an open date aperture at 6 o’clock. The case, with its curved lugs and notched crown guards, offers both presence and comfort, elevated further by the inherent gravitas of precious metal. For the collector drawn to technical ingenuity and design daring—this is Cartier, but with a pulse that beats unmistakably modern.

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