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My first, and thus far only, Cartier is a Tortue from the Collection Privee as well. I think it's the most beautiful watch I've ever owned.

The movement is so small it cannot be seen with the naked eye.

I picked one of these up and cannot get over how charming it is. Here's how charming: it made me stop wearing my IWC Mark XII. Is the Hamilton case as nicely contoured or finished as the IWC's? Certainly not. Is the movement as superb and well-engineered as the JLC ebauche in the Mark? Nowhere close

It still frustrates me that I didn't quite love wearing it. It's the watch I'd been asking for for years, and so I had to have it, but after six months of ownership had to admit that something about it just didn't click for me.

It's a 'dogwood' suede from the Veblenist.