Just got home from the Cartier boutique

Jun 01, 2021,21:12 PM
 

And noticed an unacceptable imperfection on the dial. Really surprised Cartier let this slip through QC and the various distribution chain!














I am sure you have noticed the dial scratch to the bottom left of the 3

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That’s very disappointing ...

 
 By: Cpt Scarlet : June 1st, 2021-21:32
I’m sorry that this has happened to you. Good luck with getting the problem sorted.

Wish you a speedy replacement dial

 
 By: Gelato Monster : June 1st, 2021-23:51
Beautiful piece

It's a really nice LE

 
 By: athens7 : June 2nd, 2021-02:57
I hope you enjoy a speedy resolution to this problem.

That’s really disappointing from such a big brand .

 
 By: Watchonthewrists : June 2nd, 2021-07:46
Like you said unacceptable

Thank you for the comments

 
 By: afaleh : June 2nd, 2021-07:56
Yes very odd for a branch with as much as pedigree as Cartier, I would be surprised if such a flaw was discovered with a loupe let alone one that can be seen with the naked eye. I informed them that I am bringing the watch back, I will keep you updated on... 

A quick update

 
 By: afaleh : June 2nd, 2021-16:39
Cartier handled this issue very well. I visited the boutique today and the staff where very surprised and apologetic. They took in the watch and asked for a few hours to communicate the resolution method as per Richemont. 2 hours later the ME regional dir... 

Sure, but I can't understand

 
 By: Geo : June 3rd, 2021-09:44
that these issues slip thru the quality control again. Since this is not the first time that there are issues with the Santos-Dumont XL models, please scroll down. George

I have no knowledge of what happens specifically at Cartier, but is it possible we are just seeing a greater number of reports on your forum, while in reality these QC issues concern *all* brands to some extent?

 
 By: FabR : June 3rd, 2021-11:33
An important Patek collector recently even reported an issue with the dial of a 5370P, which is a $242k watch... While the problem he had was frankly hard to explain, he was genuinely disappointed with Patek. (No word from him on how that ended up after P... 

Happy end

 
 By: Weems@8 : June 2nd, 2021-19:18
You shocked, i feel it. Your picture show the error, i can see it clearly. Good that Cartier picked up the problem fast and apologized. I am curious how the error free watch wil look like.

Sorry for what you've experienced...but No surprise since it came from Cartier !! Again and again....and...

 
 By: W.F. : June 3rd, 2021-16:23
As I described in a previous comnt about the reason of a Very bad CARTIER QC issue posted here, No surprise at all since this company has changed in recent years and focus mostly on the quick money over quality and innovation . Check out this post as anot...