
Sharon Chan
International Director






HK$50,000 - HK$100,000

International Director

Specialist

Senior Business Associate
Consultant
The Collection Privée Cartier Paris (CPCP), launched in 1998 amid a resurgence of haute horlogerie, marked Cartier's bold return to mechanical mastery after the Quartz Crisis. Spanning a decade until 2008, this exclusive series reimagined the maison's archival icons— from Tanks to Tortues—with avant-garde complications, hand-wound movements sourced from elite collaborators like Jaeger-LeCoultre and Piaget, and strictly limited runs to honor artisanal scarcity. Over 20 models emerged, each a bridge between Art Deco elegance and modern ingenuity, captivating collectors with their fusion of history and horological daring.
Among these veiled treasures, the Rotonde Ref. 2942 stands as a circa 2010 coda to the CPCP ethos, produced in vanishingly few examples (under 100 speculated, though exact figures remain maison secrets). Encased in 42mm of polished 18k white gold with a sapphire exhibition back revealing the manual-wind Caliber 9602 MC, it whispers sophistication through a silvered guilloché dial: Roman numerals, blued feuille hands, a digital date window at 12 o'clock and small seconds at 6 o'clock that all work harmoniously together. The Ref. 2942 isn't just rare, it's CPCP's final flourish, a rotonde whose beauty reveals this timeless era of Cartier watchmaking.