# @sothebyswatches on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CV3KP4OpuzH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12828513-sothebyswatches-instagram
- **Posted:** 2021-11-04T17:20:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's Watches (@sothebyswatches) — https://gondola.cc/sothebyswatches

## Caption

Everyone’s talking about it! An unspeakably rare 18k yellow gold Cartier Crash, made by Cartier in London in 1970. 

Under the creative control of Jacques Cartier, London because the most subversive and mould breaking of the three Cartier locations. 

It’s origins are rumoured to have been the remnants of a Baignoire wristwatch, brought into the workshop for repair, melted and crumpled in a fiery car crash. 

Whether the story is true or not, we do know that it was produced in London in very small numbers from 1967 onwards. 

The chance to own one of these watches comes around once in a generation, with only two having been offered at auction in the last 25 years. This example will be offered at auction in Geneva next week. 

Click the link in bio to learn more, and follow our watch specialists a.one.to.watch wallhagen pedroreiser patrickstebler stanley.mischol. 

#CartierCrash #Cartier #WatchesofInstagram #WatchCollector #Watches

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watchcollector, watches, cartier, watchesofinstagram, cartiercrash

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