Cartier · Crash de Cartier
Bespoke strap for Cartier Crash
Casati Milano builds bespoke straps for the Cartier Crash, from Cartier London's first case to the skeletonised versions, in the atelier on Via XX Settembre in Milan or via video call wherever you are: the size read from your reference's archive, the leather chosen together, four or five weeks of work, including care for the first eighteen months.
- By appointment only
- In the atelier in Milan or by video call
- Four to five weeks
- Eighteen months of care
Lug width
Your Cartier Crash with the leathers of the atelier
Matte Louisiana alligator leather
Anthracite
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Real photographs of the atelier’s leathers. No generated images.
The size
We do not ask you for it. The atelier's archive knows the Crash references one by one: the lug width, the case, the years. Below is what the archive says today; from the reference, the rest follows. The watch stays on your wrist.
What changes for the strap
The end of the strap follows the profile of the case between the two lugs. The archive tells you what size your reference has.
The leather
Alligator, box calf, suede, shell cordovan: the leather is chosen together, in the atelier or via video call. Where it enters between the lugs the strap is as thin as needed; at the wrist it returns to its usual thickness. The calf lining, the edges painted in several layers, the hand stitching with saddle stitch.
Time
Four, five weeks from confirmation. In the atelier in Via XX Settembre or by video call, wherever you are. Care for the first eighteen months is included.
The next step
The right strap is not chosen. It is built together.
In the atelier in Via XX Settembre or by video call, wherever you are.
Request an appointment →Casati Milano · Via XX Settembre 15, Milan · by appointment only
Four editions
The Crash was born in 1967 from Cartier London: Jean-Jacques Cartier and designer Rupert Emmerson deformed the case of the Maxi Oval. In 1991 Cartier Paris revived it in a smaller case, with «Paris» on the dial; in 2015 the first skeletonised version arrived.
Cartier London, 1967
The first Crash was released by Cartier London in 1967: a yellow gold case 43 millimetres long, a Jaeger-LeCoultre 841 manual-winding movement, a déployante clasp.
Cartier Paris, from 1991
In 1991 Cartier Paris revived the Crash in 400 yellow gold pieces, with a smaller case and «Paris» on the dial; special-order pieces in other metals followed.
Crash Skeleton, 2015
In 2015 the Crash becomes skeletonised: larger platinum case, 45.32 by 28.15 millimetres, and calibre 9618 MC shaped to follow the case; 67 pieces.
Crash Skeleton, 2026
In 2026 the Skeleton returns in platinum, narrower than the 2015 version: 45.34 by 25.18 millimetres, new calibre 1967 MC and 150 numbered pieces.