Cartier W7100009

Cartier W7100009 is a pure mechanical timepiece that would surely made fans of Cartier drown in an excitement. Fashioned with such exquisite design that make it remains stylish for years to come, this gent’s watch is presented in a precious 18K Rose Gold case with Silver Opaline dial and see-thru caseback on a luxurious Brown alligator leather, and employs the reliable Cartier Calibre 1904-PS MC Swiss automatic movement.


This enchanting luxury wrist accessory is one of the Calibre de Cartier collection for men, the brand’s first in-house movement powered mechanical timepieces line-up that made their first appearance during the SIHH in Geneva in 2010.

Just like every premium wrist watches made by the Paris head-quartered renown jeweler and watchmaker, behind its gorgeous design, this watch backed by the finest materials, quality components, and precision craftsmanship. Its every each details are flawless. And not only visually stunning, its ergonomic-minded construction make it quite a pleasure to wear as well. Not to mention that its whole construction is designed to be watertight to 30 meters for practical sake.

Based on its size, this Cartier W7100009 is considerably a large size. Its round high-polished 18K Rose Gold made hefty case has a masculine diameter of 42 mm --in which, the cylindrical mid-section of the case (beneath the bezel) is actually widens to 45.05 mm between the lugs, and approximately 9.64 mm thick. Meanwhile, its supple, rich looking Brown bracelet that is made of genuine alligator leather and comes equipped with a double adjustable deployant buckle in 18K rose gold tapers from 20 mm to 18 mm wide. Needless to say, it does feel solid and sturdy as expected from such luxury watch.

Allowing you to take a glance of the beauty of its mechanical movement inside, this timepiece features transparent caseback, with a sapphire covered window that is encased with eight screws secured rose gold plate which is engraved with all the general information about the watch around, including the serial number. At the other side, its face is securely protected with a domed scratch resistant sapphire crystal that is glare-proofed for an improved visibility. And at the case’s right hand side, there lays the high polished rose gold heptagonal crown that is typical to Cartier, sets with Blued faceted sapphire.

Upon observing its face, you’ll notice that Cartier does put a lot of effort in designing this Calibre de Cartier W7100009 premium watch’s silvered and snailed opaline dial. It is ravishing, refined with a contemporary look and detailed, well balanced, and most importantly, offers a good legibility as well. On the dial, there are sword shaped Black oxidized steel hour and minute hands with SuperLuminova, an oversized Black transferred "XII" Roman hour marker with three of smaller Roman numerals on both of its sides (I, II, III, IX, X, XI) and Silver outlined Black sticks markers on the remaining hours, an external railtrack scale with 4 quarterly luminous dots, and complimented with date aperture at 3 o’clock and a Silver subsidiary small seconds counter with Black hand and Black markers at 6 o’clock that both feature Silvered outer frames. Furthermore, its inner bezel is decorated with Clous de Paris accent.

Speaking a bit about the movement, the Cartier Calibre 1904-PS MC fitted in this automatic watch is the watchmaker’s first in-house caliber. It has some similarity with the ETA 2892-A2, but, 1904-PS MC is slimmer, and having a small seconds hack instead of central sweep seconds. This self-winding 27 jewels movement’s frequency is 4 Hz (28,800 alterations per hour), and it provides around 48 hours of power reserve under full wind. Performance wise, this mechanical Manufacture movement has a generally well-balanced rate for a non-chronometer grade, in which, our rated daily average is around 6.4 seconds fast --which is good enough for an automatic that does tend to gain a bit of time. In additions the observable Calibre 1904-PS MC housed in this timepiece is also offers some dose of aesthetic as well; decorated with perlage, côtes de Genève, and is satin finished.

Anyway, for all of its quality offerings, this men’s 18K Rose Gold on Brown alligator leather bracelet White dial Cartier Calibre W7100009 luxury wrist watch is offered at a reasonable original manufacturer suggested retail price of $25,700.00.

Watch Specification

Brand:	Cartier
Collection:	Calibre de Cartier
Series:	Automatic
Model number:	W7100009
Watch style:	Gent, Dress, Elegant, Formal
Display type:	Analog
Movement:	Swiss automatic Cartier Calibre 1904-PS MC. In-house (manufacture) movement, first released in 2010, designed in collaborative work with Jaeger-LeCoultre. Swiss made, automatic self-winding mechanical movement. Specs Functions: Two hands, Small seconds, Date. Size: 11½‴ lignes (Ø 25.6mm), height 4.00 mm. 27 jewels. beats at 28,800 vph. provides ± 48 hours of power reserve. Features: Bi-directional winding, two mainspring barrel, Glucydur balance, flat Nivarox hairspring, Incabloc shock absorber, Etachron fine regulation. Cartier engraved rotor. Decorated with perlage, côtes de Genève, and satin finishes. Performance --rated under certain conditions, actual performance may vary. Dial up/down: +6.8 / +8.8 Crown up/down/left: +7.0 / +8.2 / +7.8 Greatest deviation: 2.0 Daily average: +6.4
Functions:	Hour, Minute, Small seconds, Date
Dial:	Silver Opaline Silvered and snailed opaline dial. Sword-shaped, Black oxidized-steel hour and minute hands with SuperLuminova. Black transferred Roman numeral and stick hour markers. painted Black markers around the outer rim with quarterly luminescent dots. Subsidiary seconds counter at 6, Calendar aperture at 3.
Window:	Sapphire Crystal domed. scratch resistant, with anti reflective coating.
Case:	18K Rose Gold Round, Ø 42 mm (45.05 mm at its widest part), ± 9.64 mm thick. fine brushed.
Bezel:	18K Rose Gold stationary bezel. fine brushed and polished.
Caseback:	See-through 18K Rose Gold with sapphire display, secured with 8 screws. engraved.
Crown:	Pull and push crown 18K Rose Gold. polished, heptagonal shaped, decorated with Blued faceted sapphire.
Bracelet:	Alligator / Crocodile leather Brown, textured pattern, with tonal stitching. ± 22 mm - 18 mm wide. men’s standard length.
Clasp:	Double adjustable deployant buckle 18K Rose Gold.
Notable Features:	Calendar Luminous hands and markers Transparent exhibition caseback Calibre de Cartier signature design
Water resistant:	30 m (3 ATM / 100 feet) daily wear, not suitable for prolonged contact with water.
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