Amongcartier W20098D6's many new releases for 2011 was this ultra-thin version of the popular Ballon Bleu. I am not totally sure why the Ballon Bleu is so popular. As a women's watch I totally get it. It has a elegant, bubbly beauty to it and some nice rounded curves. I mean the word "balloon" is in the name - at least I think that is what "ballon" means. I could be wrong, I don't know. Regardless of the true translation, the watch collection will always be the "cartier W20131Y1" to me - and now it is a bit deflated..

Thinhttp://www.syrauto.com/best-cartier-ballon-bleu-w69013z2-replica-watches-6r3w.htmlwatches are hot in 2011. There are a lot of reasons for that, but cost is one of them. Brands can charge the same amount for a watch with less precious metal - and they can claim you are paying for the complexity of miniaturization. That argument might make sense, but thin watches have been around for generations. I actually don't mind thin profile watches unless they are wide enough. Anything under 40mm wide in a think profile won't see time on my wrist, and I prefer at least 42mm and wider if i can help it. Thankfully, Cartier made this thin version of the Ballon Bleu 46mm wide - great.

Cartier calls the watch the "Extra-Flat" Ballon Bleu. There are at least a dozen ways that you find brands naming thin watches. Some just use names like "flat" or "thin, " and sometimes terms like "slim. " The brands sometimes get a bit over excited about the svelte nature of these timepieces and feel the need to add on adjectives to help you get in their same frame of mind. This is why you see labels like "ultra-thin" and "extra-flat. " Can somebody in Switzerland come up with a set of "thinness" guidelines to help these brands out? What is considered thin? What is considered extra-thin? You don't see the term "extra-thick. " Instead they use the term "oversized" (which I've mentioned about 6000 times is a dumb term I hate). The labels make no sense, but they are fun to say. As you can see, the extra Flat Ballon Bleu is pretty darn thin on the wrist. Cartier doesn't even publish the thickness of the case. I didn't think to measure it when checking it out, but now I can't tell you the measurement. So how flat is the watch? Extra flat.

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