Baignoire Allongée (Silver Dial)

The Baignoire’s oval has been in the Cartier drawer since 1912, a bathtub curve that turns the watch into pure jewellery. It is currently the most fashionable case in the maison’s revival.

Cartier’s Baignoire Allongée, here in 47 x 21mm 18k rose gold, carrying a silver, Roman numerals display. 1917 Mc keeps it running.

Fun fact: Baignoire is French for bathtub, the shape Cartier has been drawing since 1912. It began as a circle stretched by hand in the Paris workshop and became a family of its own.