CIRCA: 2008
CASE MATERIAL: 18k rose gold
DIAMETER: 42 mm.
STRAP MATERIAL: Black leather strap
DIAL: Guilloche dial, secret Cartier signature at VIII, hand engraved day-night disc, Roman numerals for hours, retrograde display with Arabic numerals for minutes
MOVEMENT: Cal. 9903 MC, manual-winding
FUNCTIONS: Retrograde minutes, day-night indication
CLASP: Cartier 18k rose gold folding clasp
WITH: Cartier certificate of Authenticity confirming the sale of the watch in March 2008, product literature, original Collection Privé Cartier Paris presentation box, and outer packaging

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Collection Privée Cartier Paris (CPCP) is a collection of watches based on historic Cartier designs but equipped with modern mechanical movements. The watches in the CPCP collection were available between 1998 and 2008, albeit in very limited numbers.

The watches in the CPCP line had a distinct dial aesthetic (all but one model, the Tank Cintrée). The dials were crafted in solid gold and featured a hand-turned guilloche pattern with the brand’s Rosette signature at the centre of the dial beneath the handset.

On the present watch, the minutes display is via a retrograde hand and hours is indicated by pointers on the rotating hand-engraved disc. During the day, a sun motif on the disc indicates the hours - the sun beam extending to the outer track denotes the hours. At night, a moon appears on the rotating disc to display the hour. So the top half of the dial is also a day-night indication and hence the name, Jour Et Nuit.