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Delivery date and price
I have been told by Cartier that delivery should start in June this year and the price will be 250,000 euros, excluding taxes. It will be made in a limited edition of just 50 pieces, but only one or two will be finished each month.
Exclusive live photos of the Cartier Astroregulateur - rethinking gravity and the balance
Just a few hours ago today I was presented with what I believe will be the flagship complication for Cartier at SIHH 2011 - the Rotonde de Cartier Astroregulateur (or Astroregulator in English). The embargo for this watch passed just an hour and a half ag...
that is a cool bit of engineering
and I like the way they have incorporated it into the automatic winding weight. I'm sure that I won't be the first person that this piece reminds of the recent;y posted Zenith Christopher Columbus.... A
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Have I missed something? When the watch isn't vertical the balance isn't vertical. Most watches probably spend 50% of their time not vertical and at an angle between 90deg and horizontal. So what's the difference between this and an ordinary watch? nick
Interesting concept
Have they done the tests to prove that this mechanism is more accurate than a standard chronometer or a tourbillon? I also assume the rotor will look different in the final product? Thanks for the report and pictures. Stewart
Tests are being done now
And naturally this forum will be one of the first to know the results. - SJX
Hi Guys
This is a nice piece of innovation from Cartier but they should have made it in a smaller case. When we talk about precision where does it stand in front of Gyrotourbillon 2 or the Three Axes Tourbillon from Thomas Prescher which are more practical to wea...
It is difficult to say
The Cartier is still in the prototype stage; the watch shown is a prototype. But in theory it should perform well since it addresses the same problem as a tourbillon, except in a more novel way. - SJX
I'm still confused...
The tourbillon constantly rotates, independent of the position of my wrist or its movement. With the cartier, when I'm sitting down with my wrist at an angle stationary on the desk (as I spend a lot of time in front of the screen), the tourbillon rotates ...
Delivery date and price
I have been told by Cartier that delivery should start in June this year and the price will be 250,000 euros, excluding taxes. It will be made in a limited edition of just 50 pieces, but only one or two will be finished each month.
A video of the refined Astroregulateur movement
This will be shown at SIHH 2011 and unlike the earlier video this shows the refined movement; note the smooth motion of the rotor. - SJX
