{"id":225407,"date":"2023-04-26T07:41:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T11:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=285411"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:24:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:24:03","slug":"the-cartier-crash-is-the-watch-you-want-but-cant-afford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-cartier-crash-is-the-watch-you-want-but-cant-afford\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cartier Crash: A timepiece with a story as intriguing as its design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Appreciated by collectors and coveted by stars such as Jay-Z or Kim Kardashian West, the Cartier Crash has become<strong> one of the most popular watches<\/strong> in the luxury market.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"TikTok\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/25d01a14-3485-42e7-a253-e5050ac51dd1\/3735921813\/tik-tok-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">TikTok<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.zhiliaoapp.musically=article\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.zhiliaoapp.musically=article\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Straight out of the 1960s, its dripping watch shape looks more like one of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/ezra-miller-and-ben-kignsley-become-salvador-dali-in-the-trailer-for-daliland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surrealist watches painted by Spanish artist Salvador Dali<\/a><\/strong> than a celebrity watch. The Cartier Crash also has an origin story as unusual as its design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cartier Crash <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zTtjkTg5gk\">pic.twitter.com\/zTtjkTg5gk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SAINT (@saint) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saint\/status\/1572956538800689158?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A legend that is probably a lie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legend begins in 1967 in London, when a customer came to the Cartier boutique on New Bond Street to repair a watch damaged in a car accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Apparently, the heat of the accident had melted the oval case<\/strong>. Jean-Jacques Cartier, great-grandson of the founder Louis-Fran\u00e7ois Cartier, was &#8220;so seduced by the shape that he decided to reproduce it&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Few are convinced of this tale, not even Jean-Jacques&#8217; granddaughter, Francesca Cartier Brickell, whose account is more straightforward. In her 2019 book &#8220;The Cartiers,&#8221; she wrote that her grandfather and designer Rupert Emmerson tweaked the now-popular Cartier Maxi Oval model for loyal clients who demanded unique, custom-designed timepieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/Cartier-Crash-1-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285415\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They realized that a metal box could be made to look &#8220;as if it had been in an accident&#8221; by &#8220;pinching the ends at one point and putting a crease in the middle,&#8221; he explained in his memoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Benjamin Clymer, founder of luxury watch website Hodinkee, regardless of how the Crash was born, the myth has done nothing but increase its cultural cachet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why This Watch Sold For $1.6 Million Dollars | Behind The HYPE: Cartier Crash\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YyxDsS0ydzw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Its first print run was exclusive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is believed that only a dozen watches were made from this first production run. <strong>The Crash&#8217;s irregular shape made it laborious <\/strong>to manufacture, and Cartier&#8217;s signature Roman numerals and sword-shaped hands were difficult for customers to read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The watch was not an immediate success. <strong>One of the biggest movie stars of the era, Stewart Granger, was an early customer<\/strong>, although he returned his within a week because it was &#8220;too unusual,&#8221; according to Brickell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nevertheless, it was an important event for the company&#8217;s London subsidiary, which at the time only sold Cartier watches from France and Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@hypebeast\/video\/7096478583920692526\" data-video-id=\"7096478583920692526\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@hypebeast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@hypebeast?refer=embed\">@hypebeast<\/a> <p>hypebeast: $1.65M USD Vintage Cartier Crash sets world record as the most expensive <a title=\"cartier\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/cartier?refer=embed\">#cartier<\/a> watch purchase in history <a title=\"learnontiktok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/learnontiktok?refer=embed\">#learnontiktok<\/a> <a title=\"vintage\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/vintage?refer=embed\">#vintage<\/a> <a title=\"watch\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/watch?refer=embed\">#watch<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - HYPEBEAST\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7096478497233341230?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; HYPEBEAST<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The first Crash is believed to have sold for about $1,000<\/strong> (about $9,000 today). However, in recent years its value has skyrocketed on the resale market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In 2021, a 1970 model sold for more than $900,000 at Sotheby&#8217;s Geneva, setting a record for the model.<\/strong> Less than a year later, an exceptionally rare 1967 original again broke the record by selling for more than $1.65 million.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"TikTok\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/25d01a14-3485-42e7-a253-e5050ac51dd1\/3735921813\/tik-tok-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">TikTok<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button 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