If lately the 1967 Crash watch was on everyone's lips (with a "Crash London" edition having reached more than 1.5 million euros on the Loupe This site last May), it is another Cartier highlight of the past. which returns this month to the front of the stage.
In the line of sight, the Pebble, also nicknamed "Baseball", which may be unknown to neophytes, but whose legend is well established among fans of the genre (see the 70's version worn by collector Auro Montanari here -above).
Like many watchmaking treasures of the time, we owe this shaped watch to Jean-Jacques Cartier (last heir at the head of the subsidiaries) who unveiled this graphic dial without horn in 1972 in a London on the brink of economic crisis.
Forgotten from the great house history, the Pebble nevertheless offered an unexpected comeback in 2021, when an old version of 35.5mm in diameter reached more than 400,000 euros at Phillips.
Here, it will take more than 40,000 euros to buy one of the 150 neo Pebbles launched this month by Cartier to mark the 50th anniversary of the model.
Before trading soon at gold prices in second hand...