81 Cartier A fine and rare, Tortue Monopoussoir, single-button chronograph manual wristwatch in yellow gold, with guilloché dial.
Estimate: € 15.000 – 30.000
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- Model Tortue Monopoussoir CPCP
- Year Circa 1999
- Reference 2356
- Case Material 18K yellow gold
- Case Number N°0084 CC
- Bracelet Material Leather strap
- Movement Manual, cal. 045 MC, 22 jewels
- Dimension 34mm width x 43mm length
- Signed Case, dial and movement
- Accessories Accompanied by Cartier guarantee and booklet.
Conceived in 1912, at a time when wristwatches were still emancipating themselves from pocket-watch conventions, Cartier dared to soften geometry. By 1928, the Tortue had evolved into a monopoussoir chronograph, a complication as refined as it was discreet. Decades later, in 1999, Cartier reinterpreted this historic model within the Collection Privée Cartier Paris, reaffirming its commitment to mechanical watchmaking at the highest level. The present example stands as one of the most eloquent expressions of that revival. The warm 18k yellow gold case retains the voluptuous curvature that defines the model: broad, flowing flanks that embrace the wrist, neither ostentatious nor timid. The dial is quintessentially Cartier: silvered guilloché, bold Roman numerals radiating with authority, blued steel hands floating above a perfectly balanced twin-register layout. The signature flourish beneath XII is not decoration, but punctuation. The chronograph is actuated through a single pusher integrated into the crown, an elegant nod to early 20th-century horological practice. Preserved in excellent condition, this Tortue Monopoussoir is a dialogue between eras: Belle Époque audacity, late-20th-century mechanical renaissance, and timeless Parisian style. In it, Cartier demonstrates that true design does not age, it simply evolves, remaining forever contemporary.
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