Name him Timo-Two Cartiers. On Friday, on the thirty sixth Annual Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Competition, the actor who effortlessly slid into Bob Dylan pulled off one more high-wire act: Pairing a mini Cartier Tank with… a second mini Cartier Tank. Hell sure. Only a few days into 2025 and we have already got ourselves an iconic red-carpet second, with Timothée Chalamet doubling down on one of many largest watch tendencies of final yr.
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Again in August, teeny-time timepieces had grow to be an enormous factor for the trade. Cartier stoked the hearth in 2023 with its diminutive Bagnoire Bangle, and Hublot and Audemars Piguet saved it roaring final yr with the discharge of dantier spins on the Basic Fusion Authentic and Royal Oak, respectively. Now, Chalamet and his wispy mustache have demonstrated precisely what makes these mini watches so thrilling.
Mini watches—something clocking in at 27 mm or under, for our functions—are the tapas of the horological world. (Versus the porterhouses, like your IWC Huge Pilots or Rolex Submariners.) To actually make magic occur with a tiny timepiece, then, you’re nearly actually gonna have to order a pair extra plates for the desk. It’s why after the super-stylish collector Mark Cho invested within the Bagnoire Bangle, he selected to put on it hid beneath his shirt sleeve as a enjoyable additional shock, whereas his main-dish watch sat seen on his different wrist. When Rihanna wears her fun-sized Royal Oak, she pairs it with a half-dozen bracelets—the wristwear equal of a seafood tower stacked with one gleaming layer atop one other.
Just like the aforementioned A-plus dressers, Chalamet handled his mini Tanks as jewelry-like equipment quite than purely useful watches. In actual fact, the Dune star didn’t cease on the twin Tanks; he additionally piled on a 3rd piece of wristwear—considered one of Cartier’s iconic Love bracelets. Now that’s a dedicated model ambassador if we’ve ever seen one.
On the press tour for his Dylan biopic A Full Unknown, Chalamet has discovered a technique to endear himself to simply about each potential viewers: He dropped prolific Dylan information with Nardwuar, proved himself a ball knower on School Gameday, and—my private favourite—even hit the Soulja Boy “Crank That” throughout an interview. Now, with two mini Tanks on his wrist, he’s doubtlessly satisfied a number of severe watch heads to hit the theaters too.