Cartier 2512C Tortue Minute Repeater CPCP 18K White Gold Silver Dial RARE

Cartier Tortue Minute Repeater, 2512C, 2512 C, Limited edition to only 25 total pieces, Tortue’s history goes back to 1912, when it was created by Louis Cartier as the brand’s third wristwatch design, following the the Santos Dumont and the Tonneau. Its shape, which is an exaggeration of the tonneau form, came to house a monopusher chronograph as well as a minute repeater in the late 1920s, both complications were reinterpreted as part of Cartier’s renaissance in the 1990s, in the form of the CPCP, tonneau-shaped 18k white gold case on a strap with a matching 18k white gold deployant clasp, manual-wind Caliber 909 MC movement, this movement has independent bridges for the wheels of the going train as well as the escapement, 31 jewels, Guilloché silver dial with black painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, secret Cartier signature, blued steel Breguet style hands, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, minute repeater, sapphire crystal, display back, water resistant to 30 meters. Diameter: 33mm x 38mm (including lugs), Thickness: 10mm. Like New with Cartier CPCP box and papers dated 2012.