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Just arrived: CPCP Rotonde de Cartier Jour & Nuit, White Gold
This watch has to be seen in the metal to truly appreciate it. While I associate Cartier with shaped cases (a weakness of mine), the artistry and craftsmanship displayed in this dial and day/night hours indicator disc are just phenomenal. Both the guilloché work (maybe hand-operated for this CPCP LE?) and the Art-Deco style hand engraving pop into 3-dimnsionality that's hard to capture in a photo. (Especially with my extra-crappy iPhone camera. Somebody needs a new phone. ;-D)
The only fly in the ointment: the strap is secured by Cartier's ultra-crappy deployant clasp - you know, the one that has you folding the ends of the strap. Easily fixed, of course. Bespoke alligator and stingray replacement straps already on order.
I'll be wearing this one often!
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Just arrived: CPCP Rotonde de Cartier Jour & Nuit, White Gold
This watch has to be seen in the metal to truly appreciate it. While I associate Cartier with shaped cases (a weakness of mine), the artistry and craftsmanship displayed in this dial and day/night hours indicator disc are just phenomenal. Both the guilloc...
You wrote "(Especially with my extra-crappy iPhone camera. Somebody needs a new phone. ;-D)"
Actually, that's not so bad. Pretty good shot of a great watch. Congrats! 👍
Very poor image quality, compared to what I was getting on my previous phone, sadly.
Word on the web has been that Apple dropped the ball on the camera in this particular phone. On the bright side: it's prompted me to charge up the DSLR and invest in a light box. Superior macrophotography should be possible soon.
Awesome watch!
Can you give a primer on how it tells time! A bit confusing on its face, no pun intended. Beautiful though in every respect. I’m a big fan of EWC. Congrats!
Not entirely intuitive, I suppose.
The hours disk exposed at the top of the dial is engraved with a sun and a moon, each with a pointer that indicates an hour between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM (the sun), or 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM (the moon). The blued minutes hand indicates the minutes 0 to 60 on th...
Looking forward to seeing it on the different strap combinations 👌🏻👍🏻🤞🏻
Be careful when choosing the phone camera. I have a feeling the highlight Formel was the iPhone 10, all the ones after were poorer in quality 🤷🏻♂️ (12, 14 Pro Max, 16 Pro Max (although this one is better than the 14 Pro Max)).