With a unique case reminiscent of a ship-wheel, hand-applied cobalt blue enamel, removable gold lugs and hallmarks cut as sharply as if they were applied yesterday; this is probably the rarest Cartier Helm in the world.

Cartier was never about ornaments for just ornament's sake. Every curve of a case, each stroke of the enamel, was intentional.

Time, after all, was not something to be measured but also something to be steered, through long hours and days just as a ship navigated through storms and tides.

To speak of Cartier enamel is to speak of fire and fragility. Success depends on heat, patience and the steady hand of a master craftsman; one slip and the artistry shatters.

This is why enameled Cartiers are so coveted: very few have survived not only the ordeal of creation but also the decades since. The Gouvernail does not simply tell time. It consumes it, seduces it and this is its greatest trick of all: that you walk away imagining you own it, when in reality, it owns you.

Dimensions: 30mm x 35mm (incl lugs)

Box, Papers, etc.: Watch Only

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