Cartier Ivory Watches

The Cartier Santos 100 chronograph is treated with a special amorphous DLC coating. Cartier says this specific treatment process is used on military equipment and that they have the exclusive rights to use this treatment for watches. What makes it different than other DLC treatments? According to Cartier, the thickness of the coating is superior to all other treatments and will not show contrasting color. It is even fingerprint resistant. Nice. The bezel, pushers and elements of the dial are made of 18k rose gold. The movement is automatic with a chronograph and date function. Cartier is one of the last companies I would expect to use DLC on their timepieces, and judging from this watch - I am glad they did. Retail is $14,350.

History of Cartier watches began in 1847, when Louis Francois Cartier came into possession of Jewelry workshop and Watches store of Adolf Picard on Monterrey Street in Paris. In 1874 Alfred Cartier started managing the company, and later his three sons Louis, Pierre and Jacques determined the concepts of Cartier business development to worldwide success. From that time unique Cartier watches and jewelry accessories became vital part of the way of life of successful people, the sign of belonging to elite. These are not simply elegant things from precious stones and metals, but real work of art in miniature. Accessories, which are stored in the firm red leather cases decorated with fine gold braided segments, conquered hearts of Paramours and true gentlemen. Designers and jewelers are constantly searching for new forms for Cartier watches and jewelry; they are true creators and innovators, inventors and splendid masters.?Watches are the inherent and especially important part of Cartier business. The sketches of its first jewelry wristwatch were dated 1853. After fifty four years Louis Cartier concluded the agreement with Alsatian manufacturer Edward Jaeger about exclusive supply of flat clockwork and also mechanisms with the repeater, calendar and chronograph. Maharaja of Patiala, Arab Sheikhs and European Royal Families became lasting clients of the company.?Each new model of Cartier watches at that time was handmade and breakthrough at the designer front. In 1917 square shaped Cartier Tank watch was introduced. Its bent massive rectangle with the strips along the sides housing was inspired by new monstrous weapon for the first time used by British Army on the fields of the First World War. Now Cartier Tank line offers number of varieties.?Top quality housing required top quality mechanisms. And at the beginning of 20′s Cartier started to use movements from the most distinguished Swiss watch companies �C Jaeger LeCoultre first, and then Vacheron Constantin, Movado, Patek Philippe.?The first model Cartier Pasha was created by Louis Cartier especially for Pasha of Marrakesh and became the ancestor of the long tradition, which counts already more than seventy years. For a period of decades this sport model knew how to preserve the essence of its unique stylistics expressed in the organic confluence of two (it would seem incompatible concepts) �C refinement and masculinity. Today Cartier proposes automatic version of Pasha equipped with new mechanism just 3.85 mm thick supplied by Jaeger LeCoultre. This allowed to make round housing of Cartier Pasha thinner, and diameter was substantially increased to 42 mm. This model preserved most of the characteristics, which made this family the symbol of the entire epoch.Now Cartier Pasha represents several versions: pink gold in the complete set with the belt from crocodile skin, yellow gold with the bracelet, and luxurious white gold version with diamonds that cover welt and bracelet.?Furthermore, Cartier for the first time made especially luxurious and exquisite version Cartier Pasha 42 with palladium case, metal that belongs to the platinum group and rarely utilized because of the labor-consuming work. The other popular model is Cartier Tank Francaise.?Today Cartier watches combines unique refinement of French jewelry design with unsurpassed reliability and splendid quality of Swiss watches. Mission of Cartier is to create something new. This approach to production Cartier clearly demonstrates with each next new watch model.