Cartier 2025 Releases
Cartier released several notable novelties at Watches and Wonders this year, including a new Privé collection featuring the Tank à Guichets, the return of the automatic Tank Louis Cartier, and several mesmerizing gem-set watches to show off their jewelry and watchmaking expertise. More recently, two variations of the large model Santos de Cartier also joined the brand’s lineup, one in titanium and, in a first for the brand, with a full titanium bracelet. Here’s everything you should know about the Cartier 2025 watch releases.
Two New Large Model Santos de Cartier Watches
One of the first collections that comes to mind when most people think of Cartier is the Santos de Cartier. It also happens to be one of the Maison’s oldest collections, first developed by the brand in 1904 for aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont. It sports a very distinctive design, too, featuring a square-shaped case, a bezel dotted with visible screws, and the famous Roman numeral dial. For 2025, two new variants have joined the line-up, each large models measuring 39.8 mm and featuring the in-house caliber 1847 MC. There’s also the option to swap the bracelets via the QuickSwitch system. However, one is in titanium with a silvery dial and the other in steel with a black dial, adding some nice variety to the newer 2025 offerings.
For the steel model (ref. CRWSSA0096), Cartier chose a black dial with Super-LumiNova hour markers and hands. The center has a vertical brushed texture, surrounded by a sunray texture that radiates outward underneath the hour markers.
The titanium model (ref. CRWSSA0089) has a dynamic bead-blasted texture made from resilient Grade 5 ELI titanium. It displays the time on a silvered opaline dial with the brand’s traditional black Roman numerals and sword-shaped hands. While titanium isn’t new to Cartier, this model is the first to feature a full titanium bracelet. Collectors will have to wait until Nov. 1st to buy the titanium model.
2025 Cartier Santos de Cartier Specs:
| Model: | Santos de Cartier | Santos de Cartier Titanium LM |
| Reference: | CRWSSA0096 | CRWSSA0089 |
| Case Material: | Stainless steel | Bead-blasted grade 5 Extra Low Interstitial (ELI) titanium |
| Case Size: | 39.8 mm 47.5mm lug-to-lug 9.38mm thick | 39.8 mm 47.5mm lug-to-lug 9.38mm thick |
| Water Resistance: | 100 meters | 100 meters |
| Dial: | Black/sunray and brushed | Silvered opaline |
| Movement: | Caliber 1847 MC Automatic | Caliber 1847 MC Automatic |
| Functions: | Hours, minutes, seconds, date | Hours, minutes, seconds, date |
| Power Reserve: | 40 hours | 40 hours |
| 2025 MSRP: | $8,650 | $11,500 |
XL Cartier Tank Louis Cartier Automatic
Last September, Cartier scaled things down for the Tank LC, releasing the Mini model in yellow gold and with a petite 24mm x 16.5mm case. Now, Cartier is taking things in the opposite direction with a brand-new XL model, and they’re shaking things up even more by equipping the watch with an automatic mechanical movement for the first time in a long time. That movement is the caliber 1899 MC, which Cartier created in 2019 and shrunk down for the Americaine. Previously, the current production collection was only available with a manual winding or quartz movement. It appears the larger case was developed to accommodate the automatic caliber 1899 MC.
In true LC fashion, the XL model is only available in precious metal (yellow or rose gold) and on a leather strap. Moreover, it features a case measuring 38.1mm x 27.75mm x 8.18mm. For further context, the large model measures 33.7mm x 25.5mm and 6.6mm thick for the manual-winding model and 33.7mm x 25.5mm by 6.3mm thick for the quartz model. Cartier has given the new XL automatic model a different dial to distinguish it from other options in the LC catalog, featuring a striking sunburst motif. Quartz models have a “grained silver dial,” while manual-winding models are usually paired with a “silvered beaded dial.”
Cartier Tank Louis Cartier XL Automatic Specs:
| Model: | Tank Louis Cartier Automatic |
| Reference: | WGTA0346 |
| Case Material: | Yellow gold or rose gold |
| Case Size: | 38.1mm x 27.75mm x 8.18mm |
| Water Resistance: | 30 meters |
| Dial: | Silvered sunray |
| Movement: | Caliber 1899 MC Automatic |
| Functions: | Hours, minutes |
| Power Reserve: | 40 hours |
| 2025 MSRP: | TBD |
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2025 Cartier Privé Tank à Guichets
Every year, Cartier revives a model from its archives under the Cartier Privé collection in limited quantities. Last year, the spotlight was on the tonneau-shaped Cartier Tortue Privé. This year, the brand is setting its sights (again) on a lesser-known model originally released in 1928, the curious Tank à Guichets, with a digital time display. Before this year, the watch was a part of the Collection Privée Cartier Paris in 2005 in rose gold. The new releases recall the original 1920s model, featuring a brushed dial face with apertures for digital hours and minutes. The winding crown is positioned at 12 o’clock. Furthermore, Cartier developed a special movement for the watch, the caliber 9755 MC, a manual-winding mechanical movement with a jumping hour function and dragging minutes.
The new release will include two different options. The first is a set of models in yellow gold, rose gold, or platinum that recall the original Tank à Guichets layout, with the hour window placed squarely at 12 o’clock and minutes directly below it at 6 o’clock. The second option is a platinum model with limited quantities of 200 pieces, featuring the jumping hour window displayed on its side at 10 o’clock and the minute aperture at 4 o’clock. Both layouts are powered by the same caliber 9755 MC movement and feature the same case dimensions: 37.6mm x 24.8mm x 6mm. There is no word yet on how many Cartier plans to make for the first layout option.
Cartier Prive Tank à Guichets Specs:
| Model: | Cartier Prive Tank à Guichets |
| Reference: | WGTA0234 (yellow gold) WGTA0235 (rose gold) WGTA0236 (platinum) WGTA0237 (platinum) |
| Case Material: | Yellow gold, rose gold, or platinum |
| Case Size: | 37.6mm x 24.8mm x 6mm |
| Dial: | White with red (platinum only) or black text |
| Movement: | Calibre 9755 MC Manual-winding |
| Functions: | Digital hours and minutes |
| Strap: | WGTA0234 – Yellow gold/green alligator leather strap WGTA0235 – Rose gold/dark grey alligator leather strap WGTA0236 – Platinum/burgundy alligator leather strap WGTA0237 – Platinum/Black alligator leather strap |
| 2025 MSRP: | TBD |
Cartier Tressage Watch
In the 2025 Cartier Tressage collection, the line between jewelry and watches is blurred. These releases aren’t quite bangles, yet don’t follow the same design codes as a classic dress watch on a leather strap either. Instead, they are essentially a slim, rectangular case flanked on either side by intricate twists or braids. The new releases are home to four different models, each powered by a quartz movement and with a 56.2mm x 25.7mm x 11.5mm case, a leather strap secured by an ardillon buckle, and 30 meters of water resistance.
The four expressions include a two-tone yellow and white gold model with a diamond pave dial and gold and diamond twists on either side of the case, a black and gold model featuring gold twists and a black lacquered dial, a white gold model covered in more than 1,000 brilliant-cut diamonds totaling 12.8 carats, and white gold and blue model with a diamond pave dial and diamond and sapphire twists.
| Model: | Cartier Tressage Watch | Cartier Tressage Watch | Cartier Tressage Watch | Cartier Tressage Watch |
| Reference: | HPI01689 | HPI01690 | HPI01693 | HPI01691 |
| Case Material: | Yellow gold | Yellow gold, white gold | White gold | White gold |
| Case Size: | 56.2mm x 25.7mm x 11.5mm | 56.2mm x 25.7mm x 11.5mm | 56.2mm x 25.7mm x 11.5mm | 56.2mm x 25.7mm x 11.5mm |
| Twists: | Yellow gold | Yellow gold, white gold/diamonds | White gold/diamonds | White gold with diamonds and sapphires |
| Dial: | Black lacquered | White gold/diamonds | White gold/diamonds | White gold/diamonds |
| Movement: | Quartz | Quartz | Quartz | Quartz |
| Functions: | Hours, minutes | Hours, minutes | Hours, minutes | Hours, minutes |
| Strap: | Shiny black calfskin strap and second strap in soft black calfskin/yellow gold ardillon buckle | Shiny beige calfskin strap and second strap in soft black calfskin/ardillon buckle | Soft navy blue calfskin strap and second strap in shiny black calfskin/ardillon buckle | Shiny navy blue calfskin strap and second strap in soft navy blue calfskin/ardillon buckle |
| 2025 MSRP: | $40,000 | $75,500 | $122,000 | $134,000 |
Panthère Jewellery Watch
Like the Cartier Tressage, the new Panthère bangle jewellery watches challenge the boundaries of traditional watchmaking. The brand’s emblem, a sleek panther, pounces towards a watch on the opposite end of the bangle. The newest novelties include two variations, the first in yellow gold and with a more structural depiction of the panther. It features black lacquered spots, tsavorite eyes, and an onyx nose. In its gaze is a tiny square watch with a black dial, a diamond at the 12-hour marker, and a diamond bezel.
The other model is a white gold watch covered in more than 1,100 diamonds. This time, the eyes are made of emeralds, gazing towards a diamond-set watch face on the other end of the bangle. Onyx stones in a fur setting represent the panther’s spots. This technique includes folding the gold around the stones to create a fur-like texture.
Panthère Jewellery Watch Specs:
| Model: | Panthère Jewellery Watch | Panthère Jewellery Watch |
| Reference: | HPI01712 | HPI01706 |
| Case Material: | White gold: 1103 brilliant-cut diamonds (11.90 ct.) Emerald eyes Onyx nose and spots | Yellow gold: 23 brilliant-cut diamonds (0.78 ct.) Tsavorite eyes Onyx nose and black lacquered spots |
| Dial: | Diamond | Black /12 o’clock diamond hour marker |
| Movement: | Quartz | Quartz |
| Strap: | Bangle: available in 150/160/170 mm | Bangle: available in 150/160/170 mm |
| 2025 MSRP: | Price on Request | $68,000 |
2025 Panthère de Cartier
Several new gem-set Panthère de Cartier watches also debuted at this year’s show. While they each feature the same familiar Panthère silhouette, including the elegant square-shaped case and silky, multi-link bracelet, they have completely different identities. The first wears an abstract “coat,” combining tiger and zebra motifs via black and brown lacquer and gem-set stripes made of diamonds and orange and yellow spessartites. This model only has one variation, in rose gold and featuring a 36.5mm x 26.7mm x 6.8mm case.
The other additions are much tamer, featuring either a yellow gold or rose gold finish and one of two case sizes: 36.5mm x 26.7mm x 6.8mm or the slightly more petite 30.3mm x 22mm x 6.05mm. These “semi-paved” models feature a gradient of brilliant-cut diamonds on the bracelet, a dazzling diamond-encrusted bezel, and a classic Cartier Roman numeral dial decorated with sword-shaped hands. Each of the new Panthère de Cartier watches is powered by a quartz movement and has a 30-meter depth rating.
2025 Panthère de Cartier Watch Specs:
| Model: | Panthère de Cartier | Panthère de Cartier | Panthère de Cartier |
| Reference: | |||
| Case Material: | Rose gold 398 brilliant-cut diamonds (3.36 ct) 86 spessartites black and golden-brown lacquer | Yellow gold, rose gold | Yellow gold, rose gold |
| Case Size: | 36.5mm x 26.7mm x 6.8mm | 36.5mm x 26.7mm x 6.8mm | 30.3mm x 22mm x 6.05mm |
| Dial: | Rose gold/145 brilliant-cut diamonds/lack lacquer | Silver | Silver |
| Movement: | Quartz | Quartz | Quartz |
| Functions: | Hours, minutes | Hours, minutes | Hours, minutes |
| 2025 MSRP: | Price on request | TBD | TBD |
Richemont (the company who owns Cartier) is one of the main forces behind Watches and Wonders, so it’s no surprising Cartier had a strong showing there–at least in terms of high-end pieces. As always, we’ll keep you posted if Cartier releases anything new!
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