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Cartier Skeleton Pocket Watch (Grand Complication)

Cartier has unveiled its Grand Complication wristwatch for 2012, produced as an inspiration of the pocket watches from the 1930’s. As previous years, it will feature a tourbillion, a perpetual calendar and monopusher chronograph, crafted in white gold and decorated with skeletonized Roman numbers. This year it will include an impressive minute repeater and an obsidian and rock crystal stand with a gold chain and fob.   Technical data on the Cartier Skeleton Pocket Watch (Grand Complication):   Caliber: 9436 MC Case: 18-carat white gold Diameter: 59 mm Crown: beaded white gold, set with a sapphire cabochon Crystal: sapphire Case back: sapphire Water-resistance: 30 meters, 100 feet, 3 bars Flange: gold, sunray decoration Dial: gold Watch chain: 18-carat white gold Base: rock crystal and obsidian Casing-up diameter: 15 lines, 33.8 mm Total diameter: 34.6 mm Thickness: 10.25 mm Number of jewels: 37 Number of parts: 457 Balance: 21,600 vibrations / hour Power reserve: approx. 8 days Individually numbered movement