Cartier Libre Hypnose Nautical and a matching blued-steel 'pencil'

and a matching blued-steel 'pencil' handset

ovular case with a signed crown

and a superb example of one

but the watch itself is perhaps the most pure execution of a no-frills robust "tool" watch before there were tool watches

a satin silver Tritium dial with both dart and Arabic indices

Cartier Libre Hypnose Nautical and a matching blued-steel 'pencil'Cartiers ovular shapes have injected creativity, playfulness, and elegance to the dress watch vertical since the early days of the 20th century. The Baignoire (bathtub), notable for its elongated, sumptuous precious metal case and distended Roman numeral dial, has recently made a comeback, attracting die hard collectors as well as celebrities. It seems that everywhere one turns, another compelling, elongated Cartier dress watch is calling ones name.