Cartier Masse Mystérieuse, Calibre = Rotor
In this technical marvel from Cartier, they have managed to make the rotor of the self-winding calibre the self-winding calibre itself.
All I can say is 🤯👏🏻
Picture from: https://monochrome-watches.com/the-enigmatic-cartier-masse-mysterieuse-specs-price/
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That blows my mind. Not only incredible watch making. Looks gorgeous.
Neat trick but...
This shows that the case has a whole lot of empty space inside. Watch is bigger than necessary for gee-whiz show-off factor. Also, that stem has to connect to something, and I'm doubting the whole movement is mounted to glass, so the render is deceptive unless there is some magic way to have it float like that.
I guess it's functional art that just doesn't do any function that functional non-art does. I'm too practical for this sort of thing, so yeah, cool trick, looks neat.
Reminds me of the Omega Magique. Wonder how it works
I love how the design of this, and some other Cartier watches, harken back to the Mystery Clocks they made back in the early 1900s.
Very few made, very expensive and a complete mystery to most. Only a few select people involved in the production knew how they worked, not even the sales staff at Cartier.
Neat trick but...
This shows that the case has a whole lot of empty space inside. Watch is bigger than necessary for gee-whiz show-off factor. Also, that stem has to connect to something, and I'm doubting the whole movement is mounted to glass, so the render is deceptive unless there is some magic way to have it float like that.
I guess it's functional art that just doesn't do any function that functional non-art does. I'm too practical for this sort of thing, so yeah, cool trick, looks neat.
The keyless works thing is what I’m still trying to wrap my head around. I see no stem.
I‘m looking forward to reviews on this. With the rotor being 100% of the movement, can you feel it swing? I experience this occasionally in my Oceanographer and I’ve heard of it happening with old bumper movements. Without a disproportionate case to movement/rotor ratio, I am curious if Cartier addressed this.
Cool as hell. Not for me, but an achievement I’m certainly impressed with.
Neat trick but...
This shows that the case has a whole lot of empty space inside. Watch is bigger than necessary for gee-whiz show-off factor. Also, that stem has to connect to something, and I'm doubting the whole movement is mounted to glass, so the render is deceptive unless there is some magic way to have it float like that.
I guess it's functional art that just doesn't do any function that functional non-art does. I'm too practical for this sort of thing, so yeah, cool trick, looks neat.
You can see this model in action near the end of this video. It’s cool as hell.
youtu.be/tyQTW8edcT4
If I had €250,000 to spare, I would buy this in a heartbeat.
I stand corrected, and the reference to mystery clocks is a clue. I need to read up on them again, but my memory is that it's glass discs powered from the edge. That would explain the wide bezel.
Of course the movement is clearly visible and apparently unconnected here. I'm guessing it somehow transmits motion out to the edge, presumably with yet another transparent disc?