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Cartier Duoplan Coulissante
This Cartier baguette-shaped watch with a sliding ("coulissante") cover concealing the dial, is powered by a Jaeger-LeCoultre Duoplan caliber.
credit: @alexstevensvintage
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Duoplan is a family of four calibres taking normal-sized watch parts, and stacking them in two layers (duo-plan), allowing the movement to be made much narrower.
The balance and escapement have their own layer, which is positioned over the top of the rest of the movement organised on another layer.
- Cal. 101 – 6’’’ (14 x 4.8 x 3.4 mm). Produced from 1929 to present day
- Cal. 104 – aka Cal. 7BF, 7’’’ (16 x 5.8 x 3.4 mm). Produced from 1926–1959
- Cal. 403 – aka Cal. 9BF, 9’’’ (20 x 8.5 x 3.73 mm). Produced from 1926–1966
- Cal. 409 – aka Cal. 11BF, 11’’’ (23 x 10.5 x 4 mm). Produced from 1929–1962
credit: The Watch Club London, Time and Watches & Revolution
Thanks for reading.
Best, Emmanuel
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Cartier Duoplan Coulissante
This Cartier baguette -shaped watch with a sliding ("coulissante") cover concealing the dial , is powered by a Jaeger-LeCoultre Duoplan caliber . credit: @alexstevensvintage The Jaeger-LeCoultre Duoplan is a family of four calibres taking normal-sized wat...
Excellent find
My favorite part of the watch is the crown that looks straight out of a James Bond movie, you'd think it could free 007 from handcuffs ;-)
Beautiful vintage Cartier ! …
I just love the style. Thank you for sharing it with us. Best regards Captain
I'm glad you like it too, Captain!
JLC has done its own examples of the Duoplan Coulissante, but this particular Cartier example has a lot of charm. Best, Emmanuel credit: Antiquorum & Jaeger-LeCoultre ...
These Duoplan Coulissante are rare,
but some examples can sometimes be found online. JLC has also done some examples under their own brand name. Best, Emmanuel ...