Cartier
Baignoire
Why It Matters
Cartier's oval. The Baignoire traces to a 1912 Louis Cartier design and took its rounded modern silhouette in 1958, before Cartier formally named the collection in 1973 for a bathtub or an opera box. Its identity is the elongated oval case, which the Baignoire Allongée stretches to a dramatic extreme. It is a shaped watch that sits closer to jewelry than to a tool, and it is distinct from the rectangular Tank and the asymmetric Crash.
Object Details
- Brand
- Cartier
- Family
- Baignoire
- Model
- Baignoire (oval; Allongée lineage)
- Reference
- Baignoire (Allongée lineage)
- Production
- 1912 origin; named 1973
- Material
- Gold or steel, often gem-set
- Movement
- Quartz or mechanical by reference
- Dial
- Silvered dial; Roman numerals; oval
- Complication
- None (time-only)
- Bracelet
- Leather strap or bracelet
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