Cartier Tortue XL CPCP 8 days in 18 k white gold ref 2761 Silver Guiloché dial dla-dm-discount-all-45911 The watch houses a black

The watch houses a black dial in excellent condition with zinc-sulphide tritium painted Arabic hours and tritium hands

- awesome Gilt dial

further underscoring the technical ambition behind this watch

Whenever I have a look at it it puts a smile on my face”

Cartier Tortue XL CPCP 8 days in 18 k white gold ref 2761 Silver Guiloché dial dla-dm-discount-all-45911 The watch houses a blackThe TortueFrench for tortoisewas introduced in 1912 by Louis Cartier. It was only the third wristwatch model designed by Cartier, following the Santos Dumont (1904) and the Tonneau (1906). Its distinctive curved, tortoise shell inspired case was a radical departure from the round watches that dominated the era. The Tortue began as a simple time only watch, but its slightly broader case made it ideal for more complex movements. By 1928, Cartier