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Cartier
Ballon Bleu
Compare this collectionBallon Bleu
2007
A modern Cartier icon with a distinctive curved case and blue sapphire cabochon crown protected by an integrated guard.
- Category
- Round dress watch
- Designers
- In-house design studio
- Case materials
- Steel, 18k pink and yellow gold, two-tone
- Sizes
- 33mm, 36.6mm, 42mm
- Dial
- Silvered guilloché dial with Roman numerals
- Crystal
- Scratch-resistant sapphire
- Strap / bracelet
- Steel bracelet or leather strap
- Movements
- Calibre 1847 MC
- Movement type
- Automatic
- Power reserve
- 42 hours
- Water resistance
- 30m (3 ATM)
- Complications
- Date
- Key references
- W69012Z4, WSBB0031
- Price band
- $5,900–$12,000
The house
Cartier
The 'jeweler of kings' whose square and geometric case designs, born from early 20th-century Parisian jewelry ateliers, defined modern watch design.
- Founded
- 1847
- Founder
- Louis-François Cartier
- Headquarters
- Geneva, Switzerland (Richemont)
- Signature materials
- 18k gold, platinum, steel, synthetic spinel and sapphire cabochons
- Signature movements
- In-house calibres 1904 MC, 9611 MC, 9455 MC skeleton movements
- Notable designers
- Louis Cartier, Jeanne Toussaint