Cartire Legend

The first mysterious clock of Cartire was born in 1912: it is like a pointer suspended in the air that makes the world exclaim "miracle in the history of watches and clocks". Now, a hundred years ago, the ornate magic was staged again. With reference to the production principle of this classic masterpiece, Cartire creatively introduced two complex and exquisite mysterious watches and two classical and modern mysterious clocks, so that the fantastic design concepts and manufacturing processes can be upgraded to a new level. What is the origin of this magic legend across the century? What kind of story and masterpiece are there? What is the geometry of the new work? Let's uncover the secrets of time magic.

Model A mystery clock design manuscript

　　 Model A mystery clock design manuscript

Mystery of the mysterious clock

The hour hand and the minute hand float in the air and rotate accurately, indicating the time. Crystal dial is crystal clear, but there is no trace of mechanical device. This is the mysterious clock. What is the energy that allows pointer to overcome gravity, suspend and work accurately? Magic or magic?

The birth of the mysterious clock begins with a great magician -- Jean Eugene Robert Jean (Eugne Robert-Houdin, 1805-1871). He grew up with mechanics and taught himself to make many automatic devices, including watch works. Under a certain opportunity, he ordered Bayard's (Berthoud) clocks production thesis collection from the bookstore, but he accidentally got two magic works. The characteristics of visual deception in magic inspired Wu Dan, so he clocked the clock to create the first mysterious clock in the world, and it was also exhibited at the French Industrial Exhibition in 1839.

Model A mysterious clock

　　 Model A mysterious clock

More than 40 years later, the mysterious clock maker Morris Coue (Maurice Couet, 1885-1963) was born in a watchmaker's family, which made him a very young man and showed great talent in clocks production. In 1910, at the age of 25, he became an exclusive supplier of Cartire because of his extraordinary skills. He founded his own workshop the following year.

Inspired by the creation of Wu Dan magic, in 1912, CoE and Louis Cartire (Louis Cartier) worked together to create the first Cartire mysterious clock and named it Model A. As La Gazette Du Bon Ton later said, it is a "miracle in the history of watches and clocks". The secret of realizing the magic of time lies in the fact that the pointer is not directly connected to the movement, but is fixed on the crystal disc of two zigzag metal frames. The crystal disc is driven by the core and rotates at the speed of the hour hand and the minute hand. To make the illusion more realistic, the metal frame of the disc is hidden under the time scale.

Model A mysterious clock

　 Model A mysterious clock

That noble and elegant Model A mysterious clock was not famous at that time. In addition to the amazing time magic, it also embodies the beautiful aesthetic value. The clock used the decorative style of Belle Epoque, the combination of straight lines, ladder shells and crystal main body, calling for the coming of the decorative art era. This mysterious clock is also the purest part of many works. Its opaque bell seat carries eight days of power storage core, all devices are cleverly hidden, and nearly completely transparent clock body is unable to find the clues of any mechanical device running the driving pointer.

"Porch" mysterious clock No. 1

　　 "Porch" mysterious clock No. 1

The mysterious legend of mysterious time

The mysterious clock of Cartire, with magical visual experience, is lingering in the mystery of that mystery. These magnificent and rare hours often take more than one year's Seiko work and are attended by many skilled craftsmen.

From the 1912 to the early 1930s, Cartire's mysterious clock has been constantly improving, no matter in terms of material, design or aesthetics, it has made bold attempts and has achieved great success. For a time, the Cartire mysterious clock became the hot topic and the wish bell of the nobility and celebrities. It included the John Pierpont MorganJr of the United States, Queen of Spain, Queen Marie of Queen George V, and Maharajah de Patiala of Patiala, India, and so on, all of whom owned one or several such rare times. Johann Pierpont Morgan

In many subsequent works, the central single axis mysterious clock in 1920 marked the brilliant innovation of Cartire in the production of mysterious clock technology. Unlike the Model A, its two discs are driven by a central shaft instead of two axes on both sides of the base. This innovation has also given Cartire a higher degree of freedom in aesthetics design and has been widely used. {page_break}

The mysterious clock of the chimera

　　 The mysterious clock of the chimera

At the same time, Cartire's aesthetic attainments are also embodied in the mysterious clock works. Drawing on Oriental art elements, Cartire once created the famous "Portique" series of mysterious clocks. In its first series of works launched in 1923, the core is placed on the top of the clock and cleverly uses the transmission device hidden in two sides of the corridor column to drive the crystal dial. The mysterious clock with superb mechanical technology and extraordinary aesthetics was bought back by Cartire in 1973, and became the first treasure of Cartire art collection series collection. This Oriental verve also appeared in the 2009 Cartire Art Treasures Exhibition held by the the Imperial Palace Museum of China.

Moreover, the theme of Cartire, the animal and the beast, is also integrated into the creation of the mysterious clock. The exotic images of Kamino, elephants, carps, gods and so on are often carved from exotic materials: crystal agate, moist nephrite and brilliant Kat gold. The backs of these animals often carry the movement, while the dial is usually placed on them. Among all the iconic collections of Cartire, they are the most exclusive works of the world.

Rotonde de Cartier double mysterious Tourbillon Watch

　　 Rotonde de Cartier double mysterious Tourbillon Watch

The magic of time

The mysterious clock has been born for over a hundred years. If today's time magic is staged again, what can make the audience passionate and cheering? The answer is undoubtedly innovation. This year, Cartire's master watchmaker once again drew inspiration from the concept of mysterious clock appearance but hidden mystery, and combined with innovative ideas and production techniques, launched a new and sophisticated mysterious wrist watch and mysterious clock.

Imagine such a watch, whose Tourbillon frame is suspended in the air. What an exciting scene it is. Cartire Rotonde de Cartier double mysterious Tourbillon watch with the new 9454 MC double mysterious Tourbillon movement to turn this dream into reality, and won the high quality stamp of Geneva. The magic of this device is that the floating tourbillon, which rotates for a week in 60 seconds, seems to be completely suspended in the air. It seems to have no connection with other components. And when the tourbillon framework starts to rotate twice every 5 minutes, it finally achieves this magical visual experience.

Rotonde de Cartier mysterious Watch

　　 Rotonde de Cartier mysterious Watch

At the same time, the new Rotonde de Cartier mysterious watch will also introduce the magic of time to a new height. The wristy wristwatch is like a pointer suspended in the air, which makes the viewer breathless. In fact, in order to make this new Cartire core perfect, Cartire watchmaker has restudied the classical mechanics problem to overcome a series of technical problems caused by driving large size sapphire crystal disc. In order to reduce the friction between sapphire crystal discs, the watchmaker decided to rotate around the thin shaft, which is similar to the operation of the gear, rather than the traditional way that the mysterious clock usually runs through the guide slot.

Cartire new mystery clock

　　 Cartire new mystery clock

The new Cartire mysterious clock, which draws inspiration from the collection of art collections, is undoubtedly a novel and poetic masterpiece. The appearance of the two mysterious clocks is identical, but black and white, like twin mirrors.

The first mysterious clock is made of white quartz with soft milky white. The second mysterious clock chose a rare gem, iridescent obsidian. This gem has the reputation of "stone of the sky". Its clear milk is suspended with various impurities, giving it a deep sense of texture. Under the uncanny workmanship of Cartire, this special and beautiful defect is skillfully transformed into a precious trait.

The two inlaid models of the comet, such as weightlessness, hang on the dial like a weightlessness, as if they were cruising in the air, passing through the transparent dial center. Around the dial, the pearl inlaid shell or Obsidian Stone with fine diamonds forms a ring of glittering gray. The backside is decorated with gold foil and made of meteor patterns. The base is surrounded by diamond ornaments, like lace woven with jewelry.

For more than 100 years, Cartire has been good at integrating mysterious and fantastic styles into clocks and watches. With the passage of time, this wonderful tabulation concept has led to the emergence of treasures of every hour and the magic charm in the glittering and translucent. It is this pursuit of perfection that has produced countless miracles and magic powers. It is precisely this exploration of harmony that has made the secret that Cartire has carefully guarded.