Cartier London Crash
- Maker
- Cartier
- Year
- 1967 (original); example 1987
- Rank
- 67 of 100
Cartier London Crash
Cartier London Crash by Cartier (1967 (original); example 1987) is ranked 67 in the FLOAT 100 for Watches. It sold for $1,993,539 on 28 April 2026. The surrealist 'melted' Crash is the most legendary and valuable Cartier wristwatch — a record-setting blue-chip grail.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The surrealist 'melted' Crash is the most legendary and valuable Cartier wristwatch — a record-setting blue-chip grail.
Cartier London Crash, 18k yellow gold, 1987 (one of ~3 produced that year)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $1,993,539
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 28 April 2026
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 'Shapes of Cartier'; YG 1987 London Crash sold HKD 15,616,000 = USD 1,993,539. Record for most valuable Cartier wristwatch.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08