Cartier

Cartier announced the new Pasha de Cartier. The time only models have the Manufacture 1847MC caliber and the case sizes are 41mm with a date function and a 35mm model without the date window. All Pasha models will be delivered with a bracelet and a leathe...  

I have to agree that the cockeyed date at 4:00 is just awful. Never was one of my favorites from Cartier, though.

Definitely underwhelming to me.

I was always torn in it and almost bought one years ago but today .......hmmmm...... I like the overall dial design except for the date location but the rest just doesn't work for me anymore.

The cap and winding crown are pretty to look at but seem proportionally large for the timepiece.

when it’s not overtly gauche. I have had several versions on the past, but a few definitely were quite “in your face”. I’d like to see this one on the metal, although I do think the solid hands (sans lume) is a misstep.

The guilloche dial subtly setting out the hour lines and the solid blued hands are both great features in my book that pay homage to the original design. I also like the double spinel/sapphire - a nice Easter egg for the owner only. I am personally less a... 

To me it seems to be a successful redesign of one of the rather rare independent case designs in horology.