I have found it to be more impressive in person than in the photos I had previously seen. In 2013 Cartier brought out the Calibre de Cartier Chronograph, with movement 1904-CH MC:Īt SIHH 2014 Cartier introduced the Calibre de Cartier Diver, a piece that received a lot of buzz, and which is now entering dealer channels. The Calibre de Cartier came out in 2010 on the leather strap, offered in stainless steel, steel with rose gold bezel, or all rose gold, and bracelet models followed in 2011. Most important was the caliber 1904 MC, an in-house designed and manufactured automatic movement which gives Cartier a legitimacy as a watchmaker beyond its well earned respect for designing iconic timepieces. The dial is more aggressively designed, with the large Roman 12 and the shift to stick markers below the 9-3 axis, and a recessed small seconds dial. Its lines also had a more masculine presence. The 42 mm diameter is large for a Cartier, and in a sweet spot for the size of watch men now prefer. The Calibre de Cartier was launched in 2010 as a watch explicitly designed for men. Cartier’s watch production is also largely comprised of women’s watches (I heard it said recently that Cartier sells 500 Ballon Bleu models a day worldwide), but that doesn’t mean that Cartier is conceding the market for men’s watches to other brands.

I venture that it is safe to assume that though the majority of readers and participants here at PuristSPro are male with an appreciation for Cartier’s haute horlogerie models, in the public’s eye most people think of Cartier as a jeweler and a maker of watches for women.

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