Not only does it have a unique design, the Cartier Crash watch line that Jisoo wears has a “startling” price.
On the morning of December 2, Jisoo posted the latest photos on her personal Instagram page. Besides compliments for Jisoo’s beautiful beauty and cool outfit, many netizens have noticed the distorted watch worn by the owner of the hit song ‘FLOWERS’ .
According to predictions of many magazines, Jisoo’s Cartier Crash watch has the lowest price
The watch line that BLACKPINK’s eldest sister is wearing is called Cartier Crash. Considered one of the most avant-garde designs in the luxury watch industry worldwide, the Cartier Crash has many interesting stories surrounding its origins.
The most popular theory, said to involve a customer bringing a Cartier Baignoire that had been damaged in a car accident to Cartier’s London store for repair in 1967. Jean-Jacques Cartier, descendant of the founder of Cartier, was inspired by the broken Baignoire watch face and gave birth to the Cartier Crash design as we still know it today.
According to Highsnobiety , the fact that Cartier Crash has a unique design is because this watch line was launched in the 60s. That was a time that witnessed groundbreaking changes in fashion, stemming from the influences of of the “Swinging Sixties” cultural movement promoting open, realistic and free ideas of Western youth. At that time, the appearance of the Cartier Crash with its twisted oval shape was an epochal step for the French jeweler.
There is also an opinion that Cartier Crash was inspired by the painting The Persistence Of Memory by artist Salvador Dali. However, this information has been rejected
At the present time, it is not easy to own a Cartier Crash watch. It is known that each year Cartier only produces a limited number and sells this famous watch line in certain stores around the world. The resell price on the market for this watch line ranges from 5 – 7 billion VND.
Because of their scarcity, Cartier Crash watches are always sought after by collectors. In 2022, a Cartier Crash produced in 1967 was sold for a record price: 1.65 million US dollars (equivalent to more than 40 billion VND).
Jisoo also wore this Cartier Crash while receiving the MBE Medal from King Charles III at Buckingham Palace
As Cartier’s Global Ambassador, Jisoo owns a watch collection worth billions of dollars from the French jewelry brand.