I loved wearing it, looking at it, and, by extension, taking pictures of it. The Calibre de Cartier Diver, simply put, is an all-around great watch.

Alberto Santos-Dumont, the renowned aeronaut and first person to fly outside the United States, sits in his Demoiselle monoplane.

Cartier, throughout the years, has become synonymous with greatness and their watches are truly something to behold.Ĭ. The watch was praised by Santos & others, making Cartier’s first men’s wristwatch a solid reality. Thus, Cartier designed a flat wristwatch with a distinctive square bezel. However, it wasn’t until 1904, when Alberto Santos-Dumont (pictures below) complained to his friend Louis Cartier (Louis-François’s grandson) of the unreliability and impracticality of using pocket watches while flying, that they dove into watch making. Cartier began in Paris in 1847 when Louis-François Cartier founded the company after he took over the workshop of his predecessor. Cartier rolls off the tongue similarly to bond declaring “shaken not stirred”. It is simply one of the companies that, no matter what you do, you have come across some reference to it (especially in popular music and with royalty). You’ve certainly heard of Cartier before. For whatever reason, material goods that are, as the kids say, “all black everything” hits that switch in my brain that says “need” Cartier But this week, I thought, “What the hell, why not?” I must admit, the ‘blow’ was softened by the fact that the watch that caught my eye for this piece was the Calibre de Cartier Diver. Rubber is also the least breathable material you can find, which doesn’t make for comfortable wear on a warm day when perspiration is inevitable.

However, rubber typically doesn’t hold the same visual allure as a carefully crafted leather or metal band, to me. I always find myself steering clear of rubber straps, for reasons purely personal. A brief departure from links and leather into the realm of rubber.

The calibre de cartier diver