customize your cartier calibre watch dials

The Cartier Pasha watches of today are probably the nicest the brand has ever made, even if some older styles and looks are still awaiting a comeback. By the 1980s, when Cartier originally introduced the Pasha, these objects were already old and antiquated, allowing for them to be both beautiful and nostalgic in jewelry form. Some early diving watches also had such grilles in order to protect their crystals from the inevitable hard and heavy objects that could smash into your wrist while using equipment underwater. Watch face grilles began back in the pocketwatch era as a means to protect delicate crystals from a shock that could shatter or crack them. Cartier loves making jewelry items from common objects or military/industrial tools. The removable grille is the most notable novelty of this otherwise new watch that hearkens back to an original Cartier Pasha Grille from the 1980s, which has a fixed grille that cannot be removed. Cartier didn’t immediately have information on replacement pricing, but you can see why this might be an interesting query if you fancy such a timepiece for personal ownership purposes. I realized that the ease of losing such a part is likely high. You just twist it and then it sort of unlocks and pulls out. When originally viewing the watch, I actually asked Cartier, “How much is a replacement grille for the Pasha Grille?” You see, one of the gimmicks of this timepiece is that the 18k yellow gold tick-tack-toe-style grille matrix over the dial is detachable.

In my opinion, it is hard not to really love these types of exotic statement watches because they are anything but boring. This particular reference CRWGPA0019 version of the Cartier Pasha is even more interesting and weird in a lot of ways, but it’s also rich with personality and character.

I happen to be on side “Pasha,” with a soft spot for how Cartier adopted the look of a canteen bottle-style diver’s watch case into a high-end luxury product. Not long ago, Cartier reintroduced the Pasha family of products back into its watch collection, and the interesting vintage diver-themed dress watch is just as polarizing today as it ever was in the past.

Customize your cartier calibre watch dials