Among Cartier watches, this intriguing luxury wrist watch is a part one of the Calibre de Cartier collection for gents, which is the brand’s first mechanical manufacture movement powered timepieces line-up that was debuting at the SIHH 2010 in Geneva. With a little note that the "first" here is by excluding the watchmaker’s exclusive Cartier Paris Collection Privee haute horlogerie line-up.
Just like every of the watchmaker’s premium wrist accessories did, whether in aesthetic or technical qualities, this Calibre de Cartier W7100018 is simply excel in both. In terms of design, it is not easy to describe a watch that is classic yet also modern at once, elegant, and has a bit of sporty flavor as this one. Well, maybe, this is what Cartier means by a refined contemporary timepiece with character and style. Sure is, it does gorgeous, and would remains stylish for years to come.
The quality part is easier to tell, as within each of this luxury watch’s flawless details, finest materials and precision craftsmanship are everywhere to be found. Starting with a meticulously crafted round case and link bracelet that are made of solid 18K Rose Gold with fine brushed and polished finish, a highly scratch resistant sapphire glass that covers the dial and caseback, an alluring faceted sapphire at the crown, and its satin finished decorated Cartier Calibre 1904-PS inside. And better yet, the handsome design construction of this watch that boasts a capacity of 30 m water resistance, is an ergonomic based so that the timepiece is comfortable to wear.
Based on its size, this gold-on-gold masculine Cartier W7100018 automatic watch is considerably a large size. Its hefty round case has a 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 sturdy yet comfortable three-rows link bracelet that comes equipped with deployment folding clasp with push button safety is around 20 mm wide.
Allowing you to take a glance of the beauty of its mechanical movement inside, this timepiece features see-thru 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 features anti-reflective coating 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 Cartier Calibre W71000018 premium watch’s silvered and snailed opaline dial. Such a gorgeous looks, indeed. It is refined with a contemporary style and detailed, has a well balanced layout arrangement, and most importantly, offers a good read-ability as well. On the dial, there are sword shaped Black oxidized-steel hour and minute hands with SuperLuminova, an applied oversized "XII" Roman hour marker with three of smaller Black transferred Roman numerals on both of its sides (I, II, III, IX, X, XI) and Black outlined SuperLuminova 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 applied Silver frames. And as an added aesthetic, its inner bezel is fashioned with a subtle 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 that has some sort of similarity with the ETA 2892-A2, but, it is slimmer, and having a small seconds hack instead of central sweep seconds. It smoothly beating at the frequency of 28,800 alterations per hour, and provides around 48 hours of power reserve under full wind. Performance wise, this mechanical manufacture 27 jewels 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 addition, this satin finished Calibre 1904-PS MC housed in this timepiece also offers an enjoyable aesthetic as well, perlage and côtes de Genève decoration, that can be seen via the transparent caseback.Anyway, for all of its quality offerings, this men’s 18K Rose Gold on 18K Rose Gold link bracelet Silver Opaline dial Cartier Calibre W7100018 luxury wrist watch is offered at a reasonable original manufacturer suggested retail price of $38,000.00.
Watch Specification
| Brand: | Cartier |
| Collection: | Calibre de Cartier |
| Series: | Automatic |
| Model number: | W7100018 |
| 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. |
| 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. Applied large "XII" Roman, 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 and polished. |
| Bezel: | 18K Rose Gold stationary bezel. fine brushed and polished. |
| Caseback: | See-through Rose Gold plate 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: | 18K Rose Gold Rose Gold, fine brushed and polished rose gold central links. ± 20 mm wide. men’s standard length. |
| Clasp: | Hidden folding clasp with push button safety as an extra security measures. |
| Notable Features: | Calendar Luminous hands and markers Luxurious 18K Rose Gold construction 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. |
| Additional info: | - |
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42mm Calibre de Cartier Automatic review in this page is written by Rief at Saturday, August 24, 2013. The post is tagged as $25000 up to $50000, 30m, 42mm, analog, automatic, cartier, date, dress, gold, hi end, men, on gold, rose gold, round, small second, swiss automatic, two hands, watch.
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