In this new design, which serves as a tribute to Jeanne Toussaint—the first woman to serve as a creative director at Cartier, appointed in 1933—the brancards are blown up, “braided" twists of metal. (Tressage, the name, comes from the French word for braiding.) And while horological nerds will likely pooh pooh the quartz movement, the aesthetes will appreciate the necessity of that sacrifice. The braids, which surround both the dial and an integrated leather strap, are eye-catching and fun, offering a surface that can be decorated in endless ways. There are four versions: one with smooth gold braids, another with alternating ropes of gold and pave diamonds, a third fully covered in diamonds, and a final model with a diamond-sapphire gradient that blends beautifully with its navy blue leather strap.
Case Size: 56.2 x 25.7 mm
Case Material: Yellow gold, yellow and white gold with diamonds, white gold with diamonds, white gold with diamonds and sapphires
Strap: Calfskin
Price: $40,000 for yellow gold; $75,000 for yellow gold and diamonds; $122,000 in all diamonds; $134,000 in diamonds and sapphires
From the article by Paige Reddinger, Oren Hartov, Victoria Gomelsky, Carol Besler, Justin Fenner
