CASE NO. 03/10

Part of the ‘Collection Privée, Cartier Paris’ or ‘CPCP’ collection and made in an edition of only 10 pieces, the present platinum Pasha is one of the rarest and most desirable Pashas ever made - the automatic tourbillon. Combining incomparable Cartier style with the haute horology, it is perfectly complemented by the solid platinum Cartier deployant clasp.

This exclusive small series of Pasha tourbillon watches is exceptional and uses a Girard-Perregaux movement, the design of which reflects the company’s famous ‘Three Gold Bridges’ tourbillon. The distinctive linear layout clearly visible below the skeletonized dial. By using this design, Cartier has preserved the historic DNA of the Pasha by maintaining the square minutes chapter ring and large Arabic numerals of the dial. The dial itself forms the upper plate of the movement with bridges for the spring barrel and tourbillon.

The Pasha case has been used by Cartier at least since the 1980s although it is thought that the design may go back as far as the 1930s, when, legend has it, the Pasha of Marrakesh, Thami El Glaoui, ordered a unique watch of similar design from Louis Cartier.
The design as we know it today dates from 1985, when legendary watchmaker and designer Gérald Genta was enlisted to help create a new large sporty watch while at the same time preserving Cartier’s inherent elegance.

The Pasha featured a large, for the time, 38 mm. case, with a wide bezel and ‘Vendôme’ lugs, now so closely associated with the 1980s, the round dial with square minutes chapter and the screw-down crown cap, set with a cabochon and integral retaining chain have also become instantly recognizable hallmarks of the Pasha model.