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What Makes Cartier Ballon Bleu Watches So Expensive?

It’s easy for a watch to look valuable, but less so for it to actually BE valuable. In the last part of this series, we went through the defining quality of Cartier Ballon Bleu watches, but that’s not the only quality that gives them value. Another, perhaps even more relevant to the basic construction of the watch, is worth looking at.It’s not for nothing that the ‘gold standard’ has always been considered a reliable one. The Ballon Bleu line of watches makes use of this metal’s reputation to enhance its own, by incorporating gold into every watch made.Many watches can have gold in them, or just look like they have gold. But it’s rarer for a full line of watches to always include such a valuable material. If you own Ballon Bleu, you KNOW you own gold.Other parts of the watch design are somewhat more philosophical. If you’re interested in finding out some of the basic ideas behind the Ballon Bleu line, parts three and four will contain all you want to know.