
- Movement
- Mechanical, manual winding
- Size
- 41.4 x 32.9 mm
Overview
The Cartier Privé Tortue in a 41.4 x 32.9 mm case
The Cartier Privé Tortue, reference WGTO0008, in a 950/1000 platinum case, 41.4 x 32.9 mm and 7.2 mm thick, with a silvered opaline dial. Manually wound calibre 430 MC, on a semi-matte burgundy alligator leather strap with a platinum ardillon buckle. Cartier limits this version to 200 numbered pieces.
Cartier says Louis Cartier imagined the Tortue in 1912, a tortoise-inspired shape created when watches were all round. This Cartier Privé Tortue shows hours and minutes.
The movement is the manually wound calibre 430 MC, with 18 rubies, a balance wheel at 21,600 vibrations per hour and a power reserve of approximately 38 hours.
Key details
Case material950/1000 platinum
Movement430 MC, mechanical, manual winding
CollectionTortue
Design and engineering
- DialSilvered opaline, with rhodium-finish Roman numeral hour markers and rhodium-finish apple-shaped hands.
- Case950/1000 platinum, 41.4 x 32.9 mm and 7.2 mm thick, with a faceted crown set with a ruby cabochon. Water-resistant to 3 bar (approximately 30 metres).
- Strap and buckleSemi-matte burgundy alligator leather, closed with a 950/1000 platinum ardillon buckle.
Calibre 430 MC
- Manually wound
- Hours and minutes
- 18 rubies
- 20.5 mm across, 2.15 mm thick
- 21,600 vibrations per hour
- Power reserve approximately 38 hours
The reference
Technical specifications
| Reference | WGTO0008 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Tortue |
| Calibre | 430 MC |
| Movement | Mechanical, manual winding |
| Functions | Hours, Minutes |
| Power reserve | Approximately 38 hours |
| Frequency | 21,600 vibrations per hour |
| Jewels | 18 rubies |
| Movement dimensions | Diameter 9''' (20.5 mm), thickness 2.15 mm |
| Case dimensions | 41.4 x 32.9 mm |
| Case thickness | 7.2 mm |
| Case material | 950/1000 platinum |
| Crown | Faceted, set with a ruby cabochon |
| Water resistance | 3 bar (approximately 30 metres) |
| Dial | Silvered opaline; rhodium-finish Roman numeral hour markers; rhodium-finish apple-shaped hands |
| Strap | Semi-matte burgundy alligator leather |
| Clasp | Ardillon buckle in 950/1000 platinum |
| Limited edition | 200 numbered pieces |
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