Considering the last year the incredible success of the Blue Balloon, show characterized by its exciter cabochon, Cartier decided to present at last spring a new version of its model, equipped with a swirl. The Blue Balloon Flying Swirl enters thus the landscape of the high clock industry, while proudly raising the Pinion stamp of Geneva.

     Mechanical movement manufactures with manual reassembly, the gauge 9452 MC consists of 142 parts and 19 rubies. Of a 4, 5 mm thickness, it is animated of a flying swirl with indication of the second by the racket in the shape of C. Of a diameter of 10 lines 3/4, it beats at a rate of 21.600 alternations per hour and has a reserve of 50 hours walk. Instead of placing the cage of swirl in a traditional way, protected between the bridges and movement, the flying swirl of blue the Ballon watch platens it of Cartier was conceived in order to as a magnifier esthetics.

     The cage of swirl indeed seems “to fly” on the bridges, as in weightlessness above the dial, more exposed to the shocks which could unbalance it. This choice, more aesthetic but technically risky, led the clock making Masters to pay a very detailed attention to the design of the cage of swirl which makes it possible to have an impact resistance equivalent to that of a traditional swirl.

     A gauge Poinçon stamp of Geneva answers criteria of excellence. The care taken to the completions of the gauge 9452 MC makes it possible to sublimate the esthetics of the movement but also to optimize its lifespan and its adjustments:

     All its steel supplies have the visible angles polished, sides stretched and faces softened, which makes it possible to decrease frictions and to thus ensure a greater durability of the movement; the heads of screw, will trigger them and the faces of pinion were also polished.

     In order to guarantee a greater longevity of the components, the completion of the rubies was particularly neat: the holes of the 19 rubies are polished, with the wheel and the exhaust. Side bridge, the rubies are finished semi-ice and the moldings are polished.

     The spiral one is fixed by a plate at slide with piton at head and round collar, operation of particularly significant clock industry which makes it possible to obtain a more precise centering of spiral and thus a better adjustment of the movement.
All was implemented to reduce to the maximum the weight of the wheel of exhaust, which makes it possible to reduce the impact of its inertia on the adjustment of the movement.

     Movement: mechanics manufactures with manual reassembly, gauges 9452 MC, Pinion of Geneva, swirl flying with indication of the second by the racket in the shape of C, 4,5mm of diameter, 19 ruby, 21 600 alternations/hour, 142 components, 50h of reserve of walk.

     Case out of gold 18 carats, 46mm of diameter, crowns beaded out of pink gold 18 carats decorated with a sapphire cabochon, ice sapphire, transparent bottom with ice sapphire. Dial guilloche galvanic of color slate, glossed openwork grid sun effect with Roman numerals, switches out of steel turned blue in the shape of sword
Bracelet: in maroon alligator with deploying loop with double adjustment out of pink gold 18 carats

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