Blue Calfskin & rubber strap, water resistant. Blue scratch-resistant, Ceramic Bezel (for the 1st time at Cartier).In my eyes the Calibre de Cartier Diver Blue will be one of the coolest summer-watches 2016! ADLC-coated steel bezel with indicator in. All in all this is the watch you can wear out to the bar without attracting too much attention and similarly paired with the right suit will solidify you as a bonafide style guru.Love at first sight! You all know I like blue and I already more than once declared blue is the new black. Calibre de Cartier Diver watch, Manufacture mechanical self-winding movement, caliber 1904-PS MC. How do I know this aside from using Google… In a past life, I used to work for a scuba diving company. (984 ft) Thus this watch will go well into the twilight (disphotic) zone and well beyond what the human body can withstand in terms of atmospheric pressure. In addition to glowing goodness, it is a powerfully accurate watch with water-resistance to 300 meters. Powered by a 1904 MC movement.” My wife was also particularly taken with it when she noticed the roman numerals glowing in the dark. The Diver utilizes “a precision unidirectional turning bezel coated with ADLC and time-control displays in Super-LumiNova®. The rubber saved me there too because it gripped the wrist unlike a loose leather or metal strap which would result in a constantly flopping face. To combat my worries on breathability, I wore it a bit looser than I usually wear my watches. of its first dedicated dive watch introduced in 2014, the Calibre de Cartier Diver, which will soon be available with a blue dial and bezel insert. I believe it even adds the bit of youth that the watch industry is in constant need of. My main concern was the rubber strap and it looks surprisingly good. (Which is saying something since it is inherently meant to be seen-through and not seen). The sapphire crystal, itself is beautiful. It is sleek and sophisticated enough to wear with a suit but sporty enough to pair with jeans and a t-shirt (thank you, rubber strap). It works as both a dress watch and a daily driver. The Cartier diver stays true to the functional versatility of diver watches. I loved wearing it, looking at it, and, by extension, taking pictures of it. The Calibre de Cartier Diver, simply put, is an all-around great watch. Alberto Santos-Dumont, the renowned aeronaut and first person to fly outside the United States, sits in his Demoiselle monoplane. Cartier, throughout the years, has become synonymous with greatness and their watches are truly something to behold.Ĭ. Date display, unidirectional ceramic bezel, water resistant to 300 m (30 bar, 984 ft) Calibre de Cartier (bicolor) 8,200 USD. The watch was praised by Santos & others, making Cartier’s first men’s wristwatch a solid reality. Calibre de Cartier Diver Carbon (stainless steel with an ADLC coating) 9,900 USD. Thus, Cartier designed a flat wristwatch with a distinctive square bezel. However, it wasn’t until 1904, when Alberto Santos-Dumont (pictures below) complained to his friend Louis Cartier (Louis-François’s grandson) of the unreliability and impracticality of using pocket watches while flying, that they dove into watch making. Cartier began in Paris in 1847 when Louis-François Cartier founded the company after he took over the workshop of his predecessor. Cartier rolls off the tongue similarly to bond declaring “shaken not stirred”. It is simply one of the companies that, no matter what you do, you have come across some reference to it (especially in popular music and with royalty). You’ve certainly heard of Cartier before. For whatever reason, material goods that are, as the kids say, “all black everything” hits that switch in my brain that says “need” Cartier But this week, I thought, “What the hell, why not?” I must admit, the ‘blow’ was softened by the fact that the watch that caught my eye for this piece was the Calibre de Cartier Diver. Rubber is also the least breathable material you can find, which doesn’t make for comfortable wear on a warm day when perspiration is inevitable. However, rubber typically doesn’t hold the same visual allure as a carefully crafted leather or metal band, to me. I always find myself steering clear of rubber straps, for reasons purely personal. A brief departure from links and leather into the realm of rubber.
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