![]() Notably Régine’s and Castel… Pasha de Cartier of the 1980s, Temps Seul model with date and a rotating diver’s bezel. The Neuilly-Auteuil-Passy (select Parisian neighbourhoods) appropriate it and the watch shines like a diamond under the lights of Parisian private clubs. Its strong personality attracts a golden and open-minded generation who will propel it to the status of icon. The protective grid seduces, surprises and has people talking. Its features upset the codes and the watch makes a sensational debut in the watchmaking world. The Pasha de Cartier was then only available in yellow gold and a diameter of 38 mm, which was quite large at the time. When it came out, the eighties are in full swing. Quick reminder that the hands are blued manually in the Cartier manufacture’s Swiss workshops. The expert eye will nevertheless notice the presence of emblematic Cartier features such as the blued hands and the railway minute tracks. One of the first Pasha de Cartier in the 1980s. Nonconformism with a side of ostentation that instantly seduced the clientele looking for strong pieces. Of course, the launch of the Pasha in 1985 was a revolution. But it is a pleasing thought, since his name is associated with the watch.ġ985, the great launch of the Pasha de CartierĪmong other key traits of the Pasha de Cartier, its four large Arabic numerals and its clous de Paris lugs must be mentioned. Was it made for him? Historians do not unanimously agree. The Pasha’s wish was granted in 1943 with the development of a waterproof watch with an original design. The legend says that he communicated at the time his desire to “ be able to swim in his pool without losing all sense of time”. ![]() The first Pasha de Cartier was born as a special order in 1943. Wealthy and powerful, the man also known as the “Black Panther” was an important luxury items collector and faithful client of Louis Cartier. This model owes its name to Thami El Mezouari El Glaoui, none other than the Pasha of Marrakesh. ![]() See the Cartier Crash watches.Ĭartier, King of jewellers, jeweller of kings.ĭesigned in 1985, the Pasha owes these identity features to a much older piece that we can rediscover through an attentive and – as always – pleasurable search through the Fondation Cartier books*. This house indeed specialized in “shaped” cases and even some very peculiars like the Cartier Crash watches, that we will soon discuss in an article and will be presented in a special show on “atypical watches”. “You cannot spell Cartier without ‘Art’” is often said in the manufacture’s hallways. The asymmetry is part of the Pasha de Cartier DNA and underlines the main characteristic of this great French maison: to surprise by its creativity. Distinctive in many ways, it is further distinguished by its “railway” minute tracks, square in a round case. ![]()
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