Cartier Beverly Hills Boutique Tour

DRMW · 2010-04-16T00:03:55Z

DRMW tours Cartier Beverly Hills, showcasing the Rotonde central chronograph, Roadster XL, and tourbillons. Discover unique designs and boutique exclusives.

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DRMW offers an exclusive tour of the Cartier Beverly Hills boutique, highlighting the brand's presence on Rodeo Drive and its diverse offerings. This report provides a valuable glimpse into Cartier's retail experience and showcases several significant timepieces, including complicated models and unique limited editions. It's an essential read for collectors interested in Cartier's boutique presentations and specific watch references.

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PuristSPro.com
Cartier Beverly Hills boutique
Beverly Hills, California

Hello all!

Team PuristSPro recently visited the flagship Cartier Beverly Hills boutique located on the prestigious Rodeo Drive. Opening it's doors in 1980 and located in it's current location since 1998, the French luxury maker is well known for their watches, writing instruments, jewelry, and other fine accessories. Our host was Cartier Watch Specialist Mr. Pierre-Henri B.

In a special section of the boutique is the display for the complicated pieces.

A Cartier wrist shot

Pierre-Henri was interested in watches since he was 12 so he was very enthusiastic while talking to us! Here he's wearing one of his favorite personal piece, wonderful!

First up is the eye catching Cartier Rotonde central chronograph watch

Housed in a 46mm x 14.2 mm thick case (available in pink gold and white gold) with mechanical with manual winding movement Cartier caliber 9907 MC. The two layered dial gives this pieces a stunning design. At the the top is the blued hand for the sweeping seconds. The lower arc display area functions as a 30 minute counter.

An interesting design of this piece is that the chronograph use of a column wheel with a vertical clutch instead of a cam system. With this unique layout, the display of the hours or minutes is never blocked when the chrono is functioning.

Although the size of the case is large, the watch wears very well on smaller wrists.

In addition to the Rotonde, a Cartier Tank Americaine Flying Tourbillion:

and the equally impressive Ballon Bleu Flying Tourbillion:

-MW

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The Cartier Rotonde central chronograph watch, featuring a 46mm case and Cartier caliber 9907 MC, utilizes a column wheel with a vertical clutch for its chronograph function, ensuring the display of hours or minutes is never obstructed.
The Cartier Roadster XL in pink gold, a limited edition, draws its case design inspiration from 1950s and 60s race car headlights and features a clever quick-change strap system.
The Roadster with a walnut dial and matching links is a distinctive design, with some collectors appreciating its automotive-inspired aesthetic and others finding the heavily lacquered wood less appealing.
The boutique visit also showcased other high-horology pieces like the Tank Americaine Flying Tourbillon and the Ballon Bleu Flying Tourbillon, demonstrating Cartier's commitment to complicated movements.
The Tank Obus, worn by the Cartier Watch Specialist, was noted as an uncommon and appealing watch, alongside the Central Chronograph's impressive design.
Some community members, while not typically Cartier fans, acknowledged the brand's recent improvements and exclusive creations, particularly favoring the white gold Geneva Seal line models like the Tank Americaine.

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DRMW

Apr 16, 2010

PuristSPro.com Cartier Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, California Next up we get to see the Cartier Roadster XL in pink gold Limited and Numbered Edition Pierre-Henri gives us the fascinating history behind the the Cartier Roadster case design which was inspired by the headlights of race cars of the 50's and 60's. He also demonstrated the clever quick change strap system (see following pics below) for either the 18kt gold bracelet or Alligator strap on deployant. Note the solid gold crown where mos

ThomasM

Apr 16, 2010

too rarely is this the case. Cartier seems to be on a roll, and going from strength to strength. Chapeau! TM

Geo

Apr 16, 2010

and amazing too since this piece is limited to only 150pc. It's a watch that one needs to seeing in the flesh, the wood dial and the wood in between the links looks so special. GEO

ED209

Apr 16, 2010

Nice pics DRMW. On the Cartier Roadster, I really like how the walnut burl wood is integrated in the dial and the bracelet. Looking forward to more pics. Regards, ED-209

DRMW

Apr 16, 2010

Hello Geo, Agree, the Roadster walnut dial and links is indeed amazing. I recommend anyone who is in the L.A. area to stop and visit the Cartier Beverly Hills boutique as they have a lot of interesting limited and rare pieces. -MW

DRMW

Apr 16, 2010

Pierre-Henri's knowledge of the history of Cartier and the watches in the collection were very impressive. Not only is he a great guy, he's a fellow watch enthusiast so he's definitely one of us! -MW

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