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Rose gold Drive de Cartier |
Instinct, independence, elegance, these are the qualities of
the Drive man; an attitude and a mindset that are not just about existing, but
about knowing how to live.
This is a man who cannot be categorized, who seems natural
on first impressions, but is more sophisticated than he initially appears. His
true talent is an aptitude for style and freedom.
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The Drive is offered in
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He appreciates the good things in life for himself and the
pleasure they bring him. His watch is worn as a reflection of the man, rather
than for status, the same applies to his passions, which he steers, as he would
his car, appreciating the beauty of the skills involved.
People say he’s a
connoisseur, sensitive to the precision of a fold, an exact shade of patina or
a meticulously turned cuff or lapel. These are the details that make the
difference for him.
Was it the balance between the dimensions of the case and
the taut linear design that initially caught his eye in the Drive de Cartier
watch? Certainly the mark of this stylish timepiece’s character is
cultivated in its cushion-shaped case. The Drive de Cartier watch is the watch
of a man of passion and continues the long-standing tradition of Cartier
watches with distinctive shapes.
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The guilloche dial includes Cartier's
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Over and above a strongly defined character, the aesthetic
emphasis of the Drive de Cartier watch changes with each different model. Its
case, in rose gold or steel, is fitted with a black, grey or white guilloché
dial marked by Roman numerals punctuated with sword-shaped hands.
The transparent caseback reveals the manufacture movement
1904 MC, available in two versions: hours, minutes, small seconds and date for
the 1904-PS MC; and second time zone, day/night indicator, large date and small
seconds for the 1904-FU MC.
The Drive de Cartier watch is also available in a Fine
Watchmaking version, with a flying tourbillon 9452 MC, certified "Poinçon
de Genève."
With the patterning of the guilloché dial resembling the
design of a radiator grill, the domed crystal, counter at 6 o’clock and the
winding crown shaped like a bolt, the automobile is an indisputable presence.
This is an allusion that Cartier has diverted and enhanced, reinterpreting the
distinction of its streamlined forms.
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All of the Drive movements
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Three calibers power the Drive de Cartier watch: the 1904-PS
MC, the 1904-FU MC for the small complication, and the 9452 MC for the Fine
Watchmaking version. All three are produced at the Cartier Manufacture.
The caliber 1904 MC, created in 2010, was among the first
movements conceived, developed and assembled by the Cartier Manufacture. The
care lavished on caliber 1904 MC, with refined finishes such as the Côtes de
Genève decoration on the bridges and the oscillating weight, or the polished
screw-heads, attests to the high standards of quality to which Cartier holds
its movements. This caliber has been designed to maintain perfect chronometric
stability, harnessing a double barrel system to ensure consistency of the
mainspring torque over a long period. Fitted with a fine regulating system, the
caliber was conceived for the manufacture to perfectly adjust its chronometry
and guarantee that it runs with great precision.
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The Drive de Cartier Flying Tourbillon |
Finally, the Drive de Cartier Flying Tourbillon watch, a
Fine Watchmaking timepiece fitted with the mechanical movement with manual
winding, calibre 9452 MC. Certified "Poinçon de Genève", this watch
is assembled and set in the Cartier Fine Watchmaking "Poinçon de
Genève" workshops, situated on the first floor of the Cartier Boutique at
35, Rue du Rhône in the heart of Geneva.
What has been achieved here is a watch created in accordance
with the most prestigious of all watchmaking certifications, testifying to
Cartier’s excellence in fine watchmaking.
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