When tracing the history of Cartier, the genesis of the design of the cartier Crash is a mystery: despite having a strong resemblance to the distorted watch in Salvador Dali's ‘The Persistence of Memory’, the design of the watch has no connection to the surreal work. Legend has it that the idea for the Crash came when a client brought in his damaged Baignoire from an automobile accident to the London maison in 1967. The firm’s unique designs play within simple shapes, and then bend, elongate, or compress them in a way that is highly refined. The asymmetry of the Crash, for example, appears almost as if Cartier had taken an oval and completely crashed it. Pictured here is a Cartier Crash made circa 1991, sold in our Important Watches auction this June in #NYC for $113,400 – exceeding its $80,000 high estimate. Learn more about the unusual history of the #CartierCrash at the link in bio. #sothebyswatches #Cartier #CartierCrash #Vintage