Cartier

I have long been impressed by Cartiers ability to create a diversity of watch designs while still ensuring they all retain the Cartier house style. If you removed the brand name from the dial Im confident that you would still be able to identify the w...  

... I think the strip date is cheesy and completely destroys the otherwise attractive dial design. Considering the many true classics Cartier has designed in the past, this series is, imho, the most mediocre one. Thanks for showing it! Regards, Marcus

I actually like the strip date on the horizontal as in this Calibre Chronograph (or the Piaget Polo FortyFive) more so that on the vertical, as with the original Calibre or the new IWC Mark XVII. Bill

Bill, Thanks for your report. In a limited sample of feedback from Cartier fans (people with a few Cartier watches in their collection), the general feeling about the Calibre de Cartier case was indifference, at best. Nobody could really state Why this wa... 

As I'm not a Cartier owner, but I find the movement very "mundane", aesthetically. It's clearly well designed, but it's just not interesting to look at... A

Dear Forumners, To mitigate my last post, I have to report one person who likes the Calibre de Cartier case. Not the chronograph version that was rejected as "lacking cohesion" but the automatic version on leather strap. The 3-hand automatic Calibre de Ca... 

I wonder, especially if the group you asked about Calibre is more Purist in outlook, how that might reflect in the "real world," where knowledge about all the Cartier models, and competitor models, is less known. Funny you should mention Tank Anglaise: I ... 

The Rotonde is certainly gorgeous, though I have not seen it in person. As for the Calibre, both in it's original and new chronograph formats, also a beautiful creation. I had my heart set on the former, but upon visiting the localish Cartier boutique abo...