8/9/2023 0 Comments Calibre de cartier diver![]() ![]() One of Cartier’s earliest major successes was the Santos de Cartier watch - one of the world's first modern wristwatches for men. The trio also brought in such talents as Charles Jacqueau and Jeanne Toussaint. The brothers expanded Cartier globally: Louis reigned in Paris, Pierre in New York and Jacques in London, ensuring their brand’s consistency at their branches across the world. (Today, the British royal family still dons Cartier pieces Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, regularly sports a Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch.)Ĭartier’s golden years, however, began when Alfred introduced his three sons, Louis, Pierre and Jacques, to the business. Royalty around the world wore Cartier pieces, including Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the Maharaja of Patiala and King Edward VII, who had 27 tiaras made by the jewelry house for his coronation in 1902 and issued Cartier a royal warrant in 1904. Under the leadership of Louis-François’s son, Alfred, who took over in 1874, business boomed. Of course, in the beginning, it was a relatively modest affair, but by the late 1850s, Cartier had its first royal client, Princess Mathilde Bonaparte, niece of Napoleon Bonaparte, who commissioned the jeweler to design brooches, earrings and other accessories. Nevertheless, it was the year Louis-François Cartier (1819–1904) - who was born into poverty - founded his eponymous empire, assuming control of the workshop of watchmaker Adolphe Picard, under whom he had previously been employed as an assistant. Perhaps 1847 was not the ideal time to open a new watchmaking and jewelry business, as the French Revolution was not kind to the aristocracy who could afford such luxuries. The Calibre de Cartier diver will retail for 5500 EUR on rubber -approximately $7,5 EUR on metal approximately $8,250.For its extraordinary range of bracelets, watches, rings and other adornments, French luxury house Cartier is undeniably one of the most well known and internationally revered jewelers in the world among clients both existing and aspirational. It will no doubt generate interest at SIHH 2014. It represents a further step in the brands evolution as watchmakers, a luxury dive watch that satifies the rigorous requirements but in an elegant and sophisticated package. The caliber 1904 MC has a bearing system using ceramic balls in the center of the rotor which ensures durability and excellent support in the event of shocks.Ĭalibre de Cartier Diver – Price and ConclusionĪlthough familarly recogniseable as a Cartier the Cartier Calibre de Cartier Diver is actually something new from the brand in terms of technology a serious dive watch. ![]() Equipped with a fine adjustment system and a stop-seconds mechanism, it has been designed to enable perfect adjustment of the timekeeping and ensure high precision. This caliber has been designed to ensure perfect chronometric stability due to a double barrel which ensures excellent consistency of the mainspring torque over a long period as well as a bi-directional winding system. Whatever the version, steel or rose gold the Calibre Diver is sold on a black rubber strap with pin buckle of the same metal as the case. Its rotating bezel is coated with ADLC (steel or pink gold also) surrounded by a fluting which echoes the serration inside the bezel of the watch. The case (steel or rose gold) is 42 mm in diameter and 11 mm thick and has contrasting satin and polished finishing. In addition, it was immersed in water to a depth of 30cm for 50 hours between 18 and 25 ° C, to ensure its operation remains unchanged under water.Ĭartier watchmakers have attempted to create a real dive watch without sacrificing the requirements for a watch that is comfortable for everyday use. The watch has proven its resistance to salt water after immersion in a solution of sodium chloride (30g / l) between 18 and 25 ° C for 24 hours. To counter this the Calibre Diver has a thick sapphire glass, a screw back, oversized gaskets and a screw-down crown all of which ensure a water resistance to 300 meters. During a dive watches are subjected to very high pressures and extreme external conditions (salt, heat, shock …). ![]()
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