mens gold dress watch Cartier Calatrava 'European Watch & Clock Company' Dress Watch – Analog:Shift

mens gold dress watch Cartier Calatrava 'European Watch & Clock Company' Dress Watch – Analog:ShiftNo, its not a Tank. And yes, it deserves your attention! While Parisian jeweler to the stars Cartier may be best known in horological circles for its famed Tank watch, the French firm produced and continues to produce numerous other watch models that deserve equal billing for their unique and sumptuous designs. This is something truly special, however: A Calatrava type dress watch from the 1950s, it dates to the classic period of peak Cartier

No, it’s not a Tank. And yes, it deserves your attention!

While Parisian jeweler to the stars Cartier may be best known in horological circles for its famed Tank watch, the French firm produced — and continues to produce — numerous other watch models that deserve equal billing for their unique and sumptuous designs.

This is something truly special, however: A Calatrava-type dress watch from the 1950s, it dates to the classic period of peak Cartier creativity and coincides with the era of the gold presentation watch — a timepiece given to an employee for decades of outstanding service. Measuring 34mm in yellow gold with an acrylic crystal, a smooth bezel, and an unsigned crown, it features a patinated silver dial with an open minute track in black, applied 'wedge' and 'Arabic' indices, and a matching gold 'dauphine' handset.

Powered by a hand-wound movement from the European Watch and Clock Company — Cartier's movement business built in partnership with Edmund Jaeger — it features a screw-down caseback with a personalized engraving to a gentleman from his employees in appreciation of 22 years of faithful service. Paired to a brown leather strap with cream-colored top stitching and a yellow gold pin buckle, this is the type of Cartier timepiece that you can be sure no one else at the cocktail party will be wearing!