Cartier Cartier - W2CA0004 Calibre de Cartier Diver Carbon / Pink Gold
Cartier Cartier - W2CA0004 Calibre de Cartier Diver Carbon / Pink Gold
Cartier Cartier - W2CA0004 Calibre de Cartier Diver Carbon / Pink Gold
Cartier

Calibre de Cartier Diver Carbon / Pink Gold

REF. W2CA0004

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Uncommon

Case

MaterialPink Gold, Stainless Steel
Diameter42 mm
ShapeRound
CrystalSapphire
Case backClosed
Water resistance300 m

Dial

ColourBlack
FinishMatte
IndexesMixed Hands: Sword
HandsSword

Movement

Caliber1904-PS MC
Typeautomatic
Reserve48 h
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In Context

At 42 mm it is sized to the current mainstream: 40 mm is the median across every watch measured in this catalogue. At 11 mm thick it is about average for a modern wristwatch. The case back is closed, so the movement stays out of sight, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 300 m is a professional diving rating, far past any demand a wrist is likely to make of it.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 48 hours of reserve is enough to set it down on Friday evening and find it still running on Monday. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

W2CA0004 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a black matte dial with a pink gold, stainless steel case. Introduced in 2013.

Inside: Caliber 1904-PS MC

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The 1904-PS MC is Cartier's first in-house automatic movement, introduced in the Calibre de Cartier of 2010, with a small seconds and a date. It powers 40 watches in this library. The name records the date Louis Cartier made the Santos, 1904, and the initials read "petite seconde" and "Manufacture Cartier". The movement has twin barrels for a 48-hour reserve and a steady rate, a bidirectional winding system, a stop-seconds function and a quick-set date, and it beats at 28,800 vph with 27 jewels at 25.6 mm across. It was the movement that moved Cartier from supplied calibers to its own for the core of the men's range, and the 1904-CH MC chronograph followed it. In the library it sits under 29 [Calibre de Cartier](/brands/cartier/calibre-de-cartier) references, the 42 mm original and the Diver, 6 [Tank](/brands/cartier/tank) MC references, whose 34.3 mm width is the rectangular case around the same round movement, 4 [Drive de Cartier](/brands/cartier/drive-de-cartier) references and one Ronde. The 42 mm case accounts for 24 references. The [Tank](/brands/cartier/tank) and [Ballon Bleu](/brands/cartier/ballon-blue-de-cartier) are the collections that carry Cartier's other movements.

39 other watches in the library run the Cartier 1904-PS MC.

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