Cartier Just Made Its Most Complicated Watch Ever, and It Is Gorgeous

This is about as far from a two-handed Tank watch as you can get. Cartier's fine watchmaking department has been making consistent strides every year, adding more technical developments to the maison's arsenal. This year is no exception. The Rotonde de Cartier Grande Complication Skeleton is the most complicated watch Cartier has ever produced.

The Rotonde de Cartier Grande Complication contains a perpetual calendar, minute repeater, and flying tourbillon, all in a highly skeletonized movement. All the complications are clearly laid out and visible, with the tourbillon at 12 o'clock, the minute repeater's hammers at six o'clock, and the perpetual calendar indications floating above the movement components on round dials. Cartier has produced some serious watches over the last few years, but this is the most complex so far. Take it all in: