The Tonneau is considered one of Cartier‘s oldest wristwatch designs that’s nonetheless in manufacturing as we speak. It was launched in 1906, two years after the legendary Santos was launched. Not like the Santos, has the Tonneau spend most of its profession exterior of the limelight. In its early years, it was made in small numbers, typically on request and as of 1998, it was a part of the legendary CPCP-collection, which La Maison discontinued in 2008.
The Tonneau is a watch with very elegant traces and a surprisingly slim strap. Don’t be fooled by them, as a result of on the wrist it’s a very masculine creation. Its magnificence will be present in the truth that the case is barely curved, which makes it that it sits very nicely on the wrist. In the previous couple of years, Cartier has made fairly a reputation for itself with its skeleton actions, and so they now prolong this to the Tonneau as nicely. It is among the very first members of the brand new Cartier Privé assortment and impressed by the Double Fuseau, a watch that cleverly utilized the form of the Tonneau to show two timezones.
The Tonneau Skeleton Twin Time does this as nicely, however in a barely completely different approach as it’s not fitted with two separate actions, as its predecessor, however with only one. Caliber 9919 MC is liable for this. It’s a guide wind motion with an influence reserve of 60-hours and as its title already signifies, fully skeletonized. The crown on the prime, set with a sapphire cabochon, can be utilized to set and wind the watch. The decrease one is definitely not a crown, however a pusher which advances the hour hand of the underside dial in one-hour increments every time it’s pushed.
Because the case of the Tonneau is curved, so is the motion. This makes it that the gear practice can be set at an angle, a function uncommon in watchmaking. Additionally fascinating to notice is that the everyday railroad monitor of each dials is printed on what’s the two prime bridges of the motion. This offers the Tonneau a definite, barely technical character, whereas it stays true to its classic roots. This makes it the right time-traveler, not solely as a loyal companion if you journey your self, but in addition in how the design was created over a century in the past, but continues to be related in as we speak’s time.
