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One Week and one Day on the wrist - Calibre De Cartier Diver Blue

A recent and loved addition to the collection, the Calibre De Cartier Diver Blue in Two Tone. This is one of those pieces that wasn't going to enter the collection, but thanks to foversta's review and Cartier having come out with it during my birthday in June, I decided to go down to my AD and take a look, what harm could it do?

I have to say I was determined not to like the piece what I read about the different shades of blue not appealing to some friends and collectors a main feature that stuck out in my memory.

Gladly or Sadly, to me it was love at first sight. The Blue matches well, what I initially thought was going to be the Omega Seamaster 300M shade of blue turned out to be a dark navy blue, let's say Cartier's shade of blue

The pink gold gives it great warmth and feeling to the piece, while I enjoyed having the opportunity to try the Stainless Steel the two tone with 18k Pink Gold stole my wrist

Unboxing it from the wrapping was by far a great experience.

It has lived up to and exceeded my expectations, a mix of everyday and dress up diver,  for now I'll keep this short and maybe write a more detailed report later on but with comparing it to my usual atomic clock online (not sure if I am allowed to mention the name here) and an app I use to measure with as well, it keeps within -2/+2 seconds a day and as of today has lost a total of 7 seconds during the 8 days I have worn my piece.

Lume is good, it isn't a torchlight that blares throughout the night but it does give a good value of time spent in the sun vs. how long it will last through the night/in the dark. With a minimum amount of sun time (15 minutes) I've had the lume last 30 to 50 minutes in real world "dark" conditions. I had a day last week where I spent some time outside at the beach and it kept up through the night and well into the morning hours.

For those considering this piece a key element is to see it in person

The pros to this piece for me currently are:

Versatile Diver that looks great dressed up or dressed down

The in-house Cartier 1904 PS MC movement (finally, I felt so relieved that Cartier was moving in this direction and although some previous Cartier pieces used to have ETA movements (although modified) I couldn't justify the price differential at that time. This movement indeed Is something else and the rotor sound it makes when wearing is amazing a treat for the ears.)

The blue hue pairs well with the pink gold and adds that touch of flavour to the timepiece

Lume is long lasting with a good glow.

ISO 6425 certification is always a great thing to have for a Dive watch.

The blue synthetic spinel along with the Roman Numerals give Cartier fans an instant recognizable feature that this timepiece is Cartier.

Cons-

It doesn't photo very well and it is very hard to capture the right hue to the timepiece.

For now it only comes on two bracelet options, rubber or a rubber/leather combination.

I'm very curious to see if we'll be able to purchase the stainless steel or two tone bracelets as I'd love to have that two tone for my piece.

As an example and a good reason for more photos:

 The bezel appears light blue here with a lot of sunlight

Same Conditions and less light: