Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16602 in Watches
• Brand: Cartier
• Model: W31075M7
• Band material: stainless-steel
• Bezel material: stainless-steel
• Case material: stainless-steel
• Clasp type: Deployment Clasp
• Dial color: pink
• Dial window material: scratch-resistant-sapphire
• Movement type: swiss-automatic
• Water-resistant to 330 feet

Features

• Swiss Made watch with Cartier Swiss-automatic movement; Functions without a battery; Powers automatically with the movement of your arms
• Scratch-resistant-sapphire crystal; Case diameter: 35 mm
• Solid round combination brushed and polished stainless steel case and bracelet
• Rose pink dial with stylized arabic numeral markers at 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock; Luminous dauphine diamond-shaped hands with luminous seconds hand dot; Stainless steel circular crown with screw-down safety
• Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)

Amazon.com Product Description
Blending a touch of timepiece history with a smoothly modern style, this Cartier Pasha stainless steel women's automatic watch offers a contemporary European complement that will never go out of style. Originally designed for the Pasha of Marrakech in the 1930s to enable him to safely swim while still wearing a watch, Cartier's Pasha was one of the earliest water-resistant wristwatch designs. This model, with a water resistance of 330 feet, or 100 meters, is suitable for swimming and snorkeling. The round watch case--which measures 35mm wide (1.4 inches)--is topped by a flattened, highly polished bezel, and it's accented by a distinctive domed, screw-down crown. The rose pink dial features an interior square of small minute indexes, which is surrounded by thin stick markers, stylized Arabic numerals at the quarter hours (supplemented by dotted luminous marks), black-outlined luminous dauphine hands (with luminous-tipped seconds hand), and a date window between 4 and 5 o'clock. It's completed by a modular link stainless steel bracelet band with a polished finish to match the bezel.

An automatic (or self-winding) watch is fitted with a device (rotor) that automatically winds the spring by using the force of gravity. It needs no battery, but it will stop if you have been physically inactive for an extended period of time--as long as you're moving, the watch will stay powered. Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Perrelet invented the self-winding mechanism in 1770. It worked on the same principle as a modern pedometer, and was designed to wind as the owner walked.

The Cartier Story
The name Cartier is synonymous with luxury, quality, and style. Founded in Paris in 1847 by Louis-Francois Cartier, the company became renowned worldwide for its design and production of beautiful jewelry and opulent objets d'art. A royal commission in 1904 made Cartier a supplier to Europe's Crowned Heads of State and led England's King Edward VII to describe Louis Cartier, grandson of the founder, as the jeweler of Kings, the King among jewellers.

By the early 20th century, Cartier had expanded its collection to include watches. At a time when pocket watches were still considered de rigueur for the distinguished gentleman, Cartier helped popularize the wristwatch, making it a bold fashion statement for men and women as well as a status symbol among the well-to-do. Louis Cartier is credited with creating the first men's wristwatch, the Santos, in 1904. He developed and named the watch for his client and friend, the Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who needed a device that would allow him to read the time without taking his hands off the controls of his airplane.

Other classic designs followed, including Cartier's signature timepiece--the Tank--which debuted in 1917 during the First World War and was inspired by the tough new war machine the Americans introduced to the fighting in Europe. Cartier's first water-resistant watch was named after the Pasha of Marrakesh, who requested that Cartier create watch that he could wear while in his swimming pool and not lose track of time.

And while it is known more for its luxurious design, Cartier is also credited with creating the highly functional deployment folding clasp in 1910, which is now used by watchmakers around the globe.

Modern Cartier watchmakers still base their watch designs on the early fundamentals developed by Louis Cartier. Treasured by collectors, Cartier watches are distinguished by their impressive variety of shapes (round, square, oval, Tank, Tortue and Tonneau), by their exceptional materials and workmanship, and by their recognizable Cartier aesthetic, an elegant blend of classic and modern design.