Four years after the first in-house Calibre de Cartier models, the house of Cartier in 2014 will further boost its appeal to men with a serious dive model. Made with the firm’s in-house 1904 MC, the new Calibre de Cartier Diver, an SIHH 2014 debut previewed early, meets the challenge of combining Cartier style with the technical requirements of ISO 6425. That means each watch is tested to meet eight internationally established criteria of reliability.
The new model features a unidirectional bezel, is water-resistant to 300 meters, boasts bright SuperLuminova hands, utilizes a high-quality 120-notch unidirectional bezel with five-minute markers indicated and offers a thick crystal and a screw-in crown for assured 300-meter water resistance.
Each watch is tested and must demonstrate its resistance to salt water after immersion in a solution of sodium chloride at 18°C – 25°C for 24 hours. Furthermore, after spending fifty hours at a depth of 30 centimeters at 18°C – 25°C, it continues to function perfectly under water.
Even with the serious diver specs and a crystal that measures one millimeter thicker than the crystals on its Calibre de Cartier non-dive models, Cartier managed to keep the overall case thickness to 11 mm (compared to 10 mm on the Calibre de Cartier three-hand model). The Calibre de Cartier collection now boasts a full range of men’s watches, from chronographs to three-hand models and now this dive model, that feature its in-house 1904 MC caliber.
The 42 mm watch is offered on a rubber strap and made with three case variations: steel ($8,200), steel and pink gold ($10,600) or all pink gold ($28,100).
