1980 Cartier Romane Pendulettes Alarm Clock

Name: 1980 Cartier Romane Pendulettes Alarm Clock
SKU: 2685
Availability: InStock

Original price was: £1.00.Current price is: £0.00.

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Cartier’s Romane Pendulettes of the 1980s sit within the maison’s long tradition of creating elegant desk and travel clocks, often referred to collectively as pendulettes. These pieces combined the practicality of a Swiss-made alarm or eight-day movement with Cartier’s distinctive design language. The Romane models in particular were often finished in gold plate with enamel accents, featuring clean dials with Roman numerals that echoed the brand’s classical watch designs of the same period. Compact in size, they were intended for both the desk and the bedside, bringing a sense of Cartier refinement into everyday living spaces.

The inclusion of the Romane line within Cartier’s pendulette production shows how the house adapted its early 20th-century tradition of lavish stone and enamel clocks to the tastes of the late 20th century. While earlier Cartier pendulettes often used jade, onyx, and rock crystal, the 1980s Romane examples favoured sleek metal cases and lacquer finishes, more in keeping with contemporary interiors. Today, surviving Romane pendulettes with their original presentation boxes and papers are prized both for their quality and for the way they represent Cartier’s enduring ability to fuse horology with decorative art.