Photos: All photos shown are of the actual watch listed for sale. Working Condition: Tested and timed on timegrapher. Overall this is an absolutely stunning Cartier Calibre in excellent condition. The stainless steel bracelet is in mint condition with no signs of wear or stretch.
The case and bezel are excellent with no scratches or problems. The movement has been timed and tested and is keeping excellent, accurate time. Will fit up to a 7 3/4″ wrist.Ĭondition: Excellent/mint condition. 12-hour counter at the 9 o’clock.īracelet: Original Cartier stainless steel bracelet with double-fold clasp. Luminescent sword-shaped black oxidized steel hands.
Painted black roman numerals and luminescent index hour markers. Exhibition case back.īezel: Stainless steel concave bezel with black minute track.Ĭrystal: Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal.ĭial: Silver opaline dial with concentric circles on the outer dial and subdials. Movement: Cartier self-winding automatic chronograph movementĬase: Stainless steel case 42.0 mm in diameter. Think about that for a minute.Model Name: Men’s Cartier Calibre de Cartier Chronograph Stainless Steel 42mm Silver Dial Watch MINT The reliability and quality of this movement was so good in fact, that it’s used by Vacheron Constantin, refinished as the Calibre 1326, in their time and date variant of the 56 - an impressive feat considering Vacheron could have picked movements from fellow Richemont brands JLC, IWC or Piaget but they went with the Cartier. The two barrels aren’t there for stretching the power reserve like most watches - instead, they serve to even the distribution of power to maintain accuracy for longer - most watches with a single barrel will see a decline in performance close to the end of their reserve - while the 1904PS will still deliver in the fourth quarter. On paper the stats of this movement may not be that impressive - time and date and just a 48-hour power reserve, you might be asking yourself why they even bothered with two barrels for such a standard power reserve.īut this is where Cartier again defies expectations in being much more technical than you’d imagine from a house known for its design. On the inside is the Cartier 1904-PS in house movement - PS indicating the small seconds variant. With the classic Cartier Roman numerals going from 9 till 2 o'clock, a triple date aperture between two and four, small seconds at six, and batons for the rest of the hour markers - this is unlike any diver out there - and the looks are just the beginning. If Darth Vader wore a dive watch, it would be this.īut unlike most divers that are modeled after the blueprint set out by the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms & Rolex Submariner - the Calibre de Cartier looks completely unique within the segment. Gone is the traditional white dial that Cartier is known for, and gone are the polished surfaces of the bracelet of the original Calibre de Cartier Diver. And then a year later in 2015 Cartier upped the ante by creating this blacked out, ADLC coated, rubber strap variant. That all changed in 2014 with the introduction of the Calibre de Cartier diver.Ī 300M ISO-certified dive watch complete with rotating bezel, screw-down crown & a design unlike any of its competitors. Cartier is best known for its dress and sport casual watches, but it isn’t the first brand that comes to mind when one thinks of dive watches.
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