THE ARTIST

People expect to be awed by Cartier’s Metiers’ d’Art collection. Even so, it clearly has outdone itself yet again with the Cartier Ronde Louis Cartier XL Flamed Gold timepiece. Employing the heat painting technique (much like the one that’s used to blue steel), the watch’s gold dial undergoes several rounds of being heated up at decreasing temperatures to achieve its stunning multi-hued palette. Every single step of the process is an art form in itself with the many man-hours and expertise put in it. An ultra-thin Calibre 430 MC movement completes the art piece.