Cartier White gold bathtub - c. 2000

Diving back into the legend

Description

How can you evoke Cartier without thinking of the Baignoire model? Elegant, voluptuous and delicate, the Cartier Baignoire alone evokes the woman and the Cartier identity. It also illustrates Cartier's technical ability to create a mechanism that fits into an oval case.

With its rounded all-gold case, white dial, black hour-markers and blue hands, the Cartier Baignoire has all the hallmarks. This model, reference 1955, is mounted on a Cartier satin-finish leather strap, the color of which blends particularly well with the 18 Carats white gold of the case. This accentuates its elegance and originality, as the white gold version is rarer.

How to wear it

In all circumstances, it will undoubtedly add a touch of elegance to your outfit. It's a pure, rounded watch that's best worn with a dressy outfit. But it's still an everyday watch, and in white gold, which is more discreet than yellow gold.

The Cartier Baignoire's rounded lines sit delicately on the wrist.

Why did Françoise choose it?

Because the Baignoire is an emblematic watch from the House of Cartier. A watch worn by many women over the years: women with assertive Style, women of character, women who are remembered.

Françoise likes to highlight white gold watches, which are less common and more subtle on the wrist.

History

From Catherine Deneuve to Jeanne Moreau to Romy Schneider, the Cartier Baignoire never ceases to charm.

Although Louis Cartier had already introduced an elongated watch design in the early 1900s, the emblematic model we know today was born in 1958 in Cartier's Paris workshops. A watch with feminine, sensual lines and an innovative, creative Style. A few years later, the Baignoire allongée appeared in the London studios.

While the Gold godron case has retained its rounded design, there have been a number of variations over the years, as has the dial, sometimes with Roman numerals, sometimes with Arabic numerals. An intrinsically elegant Watch that stands the test of time without losing its aura.