Just like every Cartier remium watches, this gorgeous wrist accessory is built with the finest materials such as premium grade stainless steel, sapphire crystal, high quality rubber for longevity, which executed with a good precision craftsmanship to ensures that each of every its details is flawless.
Stylish energy for sport and active city life. Precision technology with chronograph function and three counters. The modern art of watch making by Cartier.
Among the Must 21 collection, Cartier W10198U2 is lined as one of the smaller version Chronoscaph series. Its design is actually a unisex. It would be a compact large size for ladies, and if it is worn by men, it would be an ample small size. Its sturdy round case that is made of high quality stainless steel and is polished has a diameter of 31.7mm and approximately 8mm thick, meanwhile, its Black rubber* link bracelet that has a fine brushed first three central links measures around 18mm wide, and it comes equipped with a deployment folding clasp. And just saying, its larger version has 38mm case’s diameter.
The watch’s case comes with a brushed stationary bezel with 12 engraved Roman numerals atop that also serve as the hour markers. Its caseback is solid, and at the right hand side, there are a circular grainded screw down crown that has a Black cabochon shaped decor, accompanied by the two handy pushers for the chronograph functionality. The face of this watch is covered by a scratch resistant sapphire crystal to makes its construction even more durable, and as it was it once mentioned before, this whole watch boasts a capacity of 100 m water resistance that ideally, allowing you to keep wearing it while swimming.
Furthermore, the watch’s face itself is quite fascinating, too. Bold in Black and nicely decorated with printed Cartier’s "double C" motif in lighter color, the dial is not only eye catching but also surprisingly has a good read-ability despite of its chronograph complications. On the dial, there are silver-tone sword shaped steel hands and a central sweep second hand that all features SuperLuminova, accompanied by luminescent hour markers, three silvered guilloche sud-dials, a magnified date display at four, and printed minute markers around the inner bezel. In addition to be highly scratch resistant, the sapphire that shields this dial is also features an anti-reflective coating as well.Speaking a bit about the movement, the Cartier Caliber 471 fitted housed by this timepiece is a finely tuned Swiss Quartz chronograph movement that is both accurate and reliable. This battery powered 23 jewels calibre is personalized based on the ETA 251.471, and speaking of the chronograph; it offers a central sweep seconds, 1/10 of a second counter (at 2), and 30 minute counter (at 10).
Anyway, for all of its quality offerings, this unisex’s steel on rubber-steel Cartier Must 21 Chronoscaph W10198U2 chronograph quartz timepiece is reasonably priced with an original manufacturer suggested retail price of $3,925.00.
Watch Specification
| Brand: | Cartier |
| Collection: | Must 21 |
| Series: | Chronoscaph |
| Model number: | W10198U2 |
| Watch style: | Unisex, Sporty, Casual Dress |
| Display type: | Analog |
| Movement: | Swiss quartz Cartier Calibre 471. Personalized, built base on ETA 251.471. Swiss made, battery powered quartz movement. Specs: 10½‴ ligne Ø 23 mm, 4.7mm thick. 23 jewels. Battery: 394 Renata, up to 3 years of battery life. Rated average accuracy: ±5 seconds / month. |
| Functions: | Hour, Minute, Seconds, Chronograph, Date |
| Dial: | Black Cartier double C logo decorated dial w/ Silver tone sub-dials. Sword-shaped Silver-tone hands with SuperLuminova. Luminescent stick hour markers. 1/10 a second counter at 2. small seconds at 6. 30 minute counter at 10. date display at 4 with magnifying glass over. |
| Window: | Sapphire Crystal scratch resistant. anti reflective coated. |
| Case: | Stainless Steel Round, Ø 31.7 mm, ± 8 mm thick. lug-to-lug length is 36.4 mm. polished. |
| Bezel: | Stainless Steel stationary bezel. fine brushed, with engraved Roman markers atop. inner bezel with printed minute markers. |
| Caseback: | Solid stainless steel, secured with 8 screws. engraved. |
| Crown: | Screw down crown Stainless Steel. circular grainded with Black spinel cabochon. with two-pushers. |
| Bracelet: | Rubber and Stainless steel Two tone, Black articulated rubber with fine brushed steel first three central links. ± 18 mm wide. standard length. |
| Clasp: | Deployment buckle clasp |
| Notable Features: | Calendar Chronograph Luminous hands |
| Water resistant: | 100 m (10 ATM / 330 feet) suitable for rain, showering, swimming, and shallow snorkeling. |
| Additional info: | - |
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31.7mm Must 21 Chronoscaph Chronograph Quartz review in this page is written by Rief at Sunday, January 20, 2013. The post is tagged as $2500 up to $5000, 100m, 32mm, analog, cartier, chronograph, date, low end, men, on rubber, quartz, round, sporty, stainless steel, swiss quartz, three hands, unisex, watch, women.
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