Cartier Watch Reviews

Cartier Seatimer Chronograph Men’s Watch Model #W31089M7

Cartier Pasha Seatimer Chronograph Men’s Watch #W31089M7  has an elegant yet simple design in a fully functioning chronograph.  The case measures 41.5mm and is made from brushed stainless steel.  It has a professional divers rotating uni-directional bezel that is engraved with Arabic numbers featuring  a spinel topped crown in a ceramic “clou de Paris” design for the Cartier touch of elegance.  The crono pushers are decorated with  “clou de Paris” black ceramic for consistant flow of design.  A silvered round opaline white dial features three oval shaped indented chronograph sub dials with stylized numbers at the 12, 3, 6 and 9 hour markers and black lines denoting the remaining hours.  The date window can be found at 4:30.  Rhodiumized diamond shaped hour and minute hands are coated in luminosity.  An anti-reflective scratch resistant sapphire crystal protects the dial.  Calibre 8630 mechanical movement has automatic winding and is water resistant to 100 meters, 330 feet or 10 bars.  Waterproof screw down crown keeps your watch safe from harm while on your dives.   Meant for the man in your life, this watch is also popular with ladies.  It has an elegance in it’s design that transcends the sexes and can even be worn on a night out on the town.  A luxury look that is purely Cartier.

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The Pasha

Cartier fits a square peg into a round hole with its men’s W31072M7 extra large Pasha watch. The design has fortitude. It is simple and clear with plenty of blank space, but it is not empty. It is a time piece that can be worn in virtually any setting from formal to casual and will always send a message of originality without undue flamboyance.

The W31072M7 Men’s extra large Pasha watch begins with a big, round steel case rimmed with a wide, blank stationary steel bezel. In the center, the blued steel hands are framed by a square box that stands out against the circular dial. Radiating out from the box edges, there are diagonal lines that form quadrants in concordance with the Arabic numeral hour markers. Together, all these shapes lines and numbers form a surprisingly bold and cohesive design. The crown, set with the blue Cartier spinel, features a screw-down cover. The watch face is protected by a scratch resistant sapphire crystal. The movement is automatic-winding mechanical and the watch is water resistant to 30 meters.

The W31072M7 men’s extra large Pasha watch retails for $9,075 at Cartier, Cartier boutique stores and authorized sellers and comes with a two year limited manufacturer’s warranty.

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The Cartier skeleton design is high art along with technical achievement

This is the watch that breaks the mold with Cartier and upgrades the Rotonde series.  New for 2010 the Rotonde de Cartier Skeleton Flying Tourbillon is a unique, one of a kind creation that includes Calibre 9455 movement.

Cartier has created a unique timepiece with a modern twist on the classic Roman numerals.  The back of the watch has been removed, making the body like a skeleton.  The frame is fashioned in white gold and the hands of the Tourbillon are the signature blue color.  The backdrop of the silver tones and mechanisms finishes the industrial look of the timepiece.

The sleek design of the Rotonde de Cartier Skeleton Flying Tourbillon watch is complimented with a sapphire blue crown and genuine alligator skin for the strap.  Because this was a limited edition timepiece Cartier has only made about 100 pieces available at around $150,000 each.  The watch is certified by the Office for the Voluntary Inspection of Watches in Geneva, Switzerland.

Tourbillon is not only a timepiece that is rare, it sets higher standards in the artistic development of the modern collectable watches that will continue to move Cartier into more ground breaking watch history.

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Industrial Timekeeping

If you favor the industrial and utilitarian over the subtle or outright glitzy, there may just be a Cartier watch for you. The Cartier Santos 100 W20121U2 men’s watch is a big square block of wrist-bound time keeping machinery with telltale Cartier accents and quality. The Santos 100 looks sturdy. It looks manly. In fact, it looks downright industrial.

This watch’s look begins with its wide black rubber bracelet and is anchored by its large, square block of a case. Taking the look further, the band is connected to the case by two visible steel screws on each side. Eight more steel screws affix the case. They stand out, too, as they’re over a black rubber strip that covers the stationary steel bezel. The crown is also steel, set with another piece of black rubber. The dial face, protected by scratch resistant sapphire, is white with black oxidized steel hands and the iconic Cartier eschewed Roman numeral hour markers. The Cartier Santos 100 W20121U2 men’s watch has the automatic winding Cartier caliber 049 mechanical movement and it is water resistant to 330 feet.

The Cartier Santos 100 W20121U2 men’s watch retails for $6,250 at the Cartier website and authorized boutique stores, coming with a limited two year manufacturer’s warranty.

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Cartier Tortue is luxurious timepiece with 18K white gold and diamonds

Sports watch design meets va va voom in this impressive diamond laden Cartier Tortue WA5072W9 women’s watch made from luxurious 18K white gold.

Cartier spared no expense with this exclusive timepiece.  The octagonal shaped face is stunning with its bezel set round diamonds and shimmering silver sunray backdrop.  The Roman numeral blue sword shaped hands finish the avant garde look as a throwback to the designs of the early 1900s.

The Tortue is a favorite design of Cartier and is special made to become a fashionable women’s watch that can be worn during active times and for dressing up.  The face of the timepiece is enclosed with scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, which is water resistant up to 100 feet or 30 meters.

The easy clasp chain link wristband is also crafted with 18K white gold, which makes the Cartier Tortue luxurious.  The precise calibre 430 MC movement is mechanical along with a self-winding crown.  The back of this women’s watch is transparent.

Cartier Tortue Diamond White Gold Ladies Watch sells for around $41,025.00 at select fine retailers.

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Sea spirit

Cartier says its Pasha Seatimer W31077M7 men’s watch was made with the “spirit of the open sea.” It is a striking time piece, but its design is more traditional than outlandish. Here, Cartier blends a formal and an athletic look for a high quality, high end watch.

The Pasha Seatimer’s case and bracelet are stainless steel. The bezel, also steel, is unidirectional with black Arabic numerals and a triangle at high noon. The dial face has a black background with white hour markers, also Arabic numerals, and is covered by a scratch resistant sapphire crystal window. The W31077M7 has a circular crown, set with black ceramic, which includes a screw-down safety device, adding a little more originality to an already unique design. The steel hour and minute hands are diamond shaped and there is a date window between 4 o’clock and 5 o’clock. This men’s watch has Cartier Caliber 049 automatic movement. It can power itself without a battery, automatically, by the movement of the wearer’s arms. It is water resistant to 330 feet.

The Cartier W31077M7 Pasha Seatimer men’s watch retails for $5,875 and is available at the Cartier website and Cartier boutique stores. It comes with a limited two year manufacturer’s warranty.

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Cartier Baignoire Grand Modele was first produced in 1920 and re-released in 2009

In the year 1920 Cartier was doing very well as a jewelry maker selling fine pieces to royalty and other nobles.  It was also a time when the company was venturing into new territory with timepieces.  Cartier created a very simple watch that year for women called, the Baignoire Grand Modele.

What made the Cartier Baignoire Grand Modele so unique is that it was not ornate, as was usual with Cartier.  Instead, the face of the watch was crafted from a very smooth, delicate 18K rose gold gold rim.  Inside the face of the timepiece was a soft, silver background with black Roman numerals and blue hands.  The band was also very subtle, with light gold tones that were almost flesh colored.

Piaget 430C movement became the standard for the Baignoire Grand Modele, which was reproduced by Cartier in 2009.  The timepiece of today still has the same features of the 1920 version, including a matching rose gold crown with an embedded blue sapphire stone.

The oval Baignoire bathtub originally inspired the timepiece in the early twentieth century.  Cartier was famous for transforming every day objects into works of art.  The Baignoire Grand Modele is one such timepiece with a look that will never go out of style.

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Classically modern

Cartier calls its 21 Must De Cartier W10110T2 men’s watch a “modern classic.” That is a good assessment. Really, this watch combines the modern with the classic. At first glance, it looks like a timeless, classic Cartier watch. A second longer and you see the modern elements beginning to emerge. Aside from the blued steel hands and the blue synthetic spinel cabochon set in the crown, the watch is monochromatic with the color ranging from white to silver to stainless steel. The face design of concentric circles highlights this monochrome scale. With this modern designing matched by the classic Cartier aesthetic, it truly is a “modern classic.”

The stainless steel stationary bezel is the outermost circle and it contains Roman numeral hour markers. Just inside is a thin circular band with Arabic numeral minute markers on a white background. This band rims the innermost and final circle, which is blank steel highlighted by the blue hands. The face is covered by a scratch resistant sapphire window. The 21 Must De Cartier W10110T2 men’s watch has Cartier caliber 690 quartz movement and it is water resistant to 100 feet.

The 21 Must De Cartier W10110T2 men’s watch retails for $2,800 at Cartier and authorized resellers.

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An early version of the Cartier Tank Françoise, first created in 1917

Inspired in 1917 by military tanks, Louis Cartier created the amazing Tank timepiece, which has become one of Cartier’s most famous and popular lines still going strong today.

In the battle of the Western Front there was a new machine being used called the Renault tank.  Cartier ran with the design and gave the first version of it to General John Pershing of the American Expeditionary Force.  The Cartier Tank Françoise watch was born.

The shape of the early Cartier Tank watches was a combination of a square and a rectangle made from solid stainless steel as rugged as the tank machines of its day.  The class face of the watch contained Roman numerals and blue sword shaped hands, which is still prevalent in the Tank series of today.

Another signature mechanism on the historic Tank Françoise timepiece is the self winding crown, which is topped with blue sapphire.  Today the Tank watch has evolved into over thirty different varieties, many of which contain diamonds.  Cartier produces automatic and quartz movement Tank timepieces for both men and women.

The Cartier Tank Françoise is still a popular seller at Cartier, with its latest design in 1996.  You can still wear a timepiece that is very similar to the original version of 1917.

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The Cartier Love bracelet was originally created in 1969 by Aldo Cipullo

The summer of 1969 was a momentous time.  It was the height of the Vietnam War.  John and Yoko stayed in bed for peace.  The United States had finally visited the moon.  And the love revolution was in full force.

This was also a time when Cartier was creating some of the world’s finest jewelry and timepieces, a tradition that began in the 1800s.  And what better way to penetrate the freewheeling hippie movement than with a bracelet inspired by a Chastity belt.

The Cartier Love Bracelet of 1969 was designed by a French jeweler named Aldo Cipullo, who created some amazing pieces for Cartier before his early death at the age of 48 from heart disease.  The original gold version was in two pieces, joined together by bolts that could be unlocked with a matching screwdriver.

Cartier originally marketed the Love Bracelet to Hollywood couples only like, Ali McGraw and Steve McQueen and Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.  The bracelet was redesigned in 1979 with diamonds added to it then in 2009 Cartier recreated the gold piece popularized once again by a celebrity, Eva Mendes.

The Cartier Love Bracelet is a timeless piece with a unique design.  Its symbol of commitment will carry on for generations.  Currently $150.00 of each sale of the latest versions brings donations to charities for children.

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