A Week On The Wrist: Giving Some Long-Overdue Love To The Cartier Ballon Bleu
The Ballon Bleu comes in a variety of case sizes and a few metal options, but this 42mm variant caught my attention because, well, it’s 18k rose gold, and I absolutely love gold watches. They’re just a little outside of my budget at the moment (this one currently retails for $16,400). Yes. This is a 42mm dress watch. And yes, 42mm is entirely too big for a dress watch (in my opinion, of course), but the rather short 44mm lug-to-lug distance makes it wear much smaller than the spec sheet would suggest, making it an exception to most of my rules.
