The movement is also a COSC certified chronometer. Overall, these movements are typically help in high regard. Going back to the dial, it should be obvious that the markers and hands are covered in SuperLumiNova as luminant. I am not sure that I am sold on the "Teak Concept" dial pattern with the vertical lines. I'd have to sit and stare at the http://www.syrauto.com/cartier-roadster-replica-uk.htmlwatch for a long time to decide how I felt about it. I am always a fan of dial texturing, but it needs to be done right. If you can't tell the dial is gray colored. Another trendy gray watch! Again, I really do like the chronograph subdials though - these are done quite well. The crown is large and the rectangular chronograph pushers look comfortable to use. The Cartier Santos 100 Replicawatch is robust, but not true diver. Good enough for underwater duty though with 150 meters of water resistance. The sapphire crystal is also double AR coated - while the rear of the watch has another sapphire crystal as a caseback exhibition window.Overall the new panerai Luminor replica is done well. A few areas I am not sold on such as the dial and the length of the hands. One other area is the bezel. Not that the bezel does not look nice, but I am not sure whether it fits the character of the rest of the watch. It looks very much like an instrument and less part of the "luxury boat lifestyle" that the dial is speaking to. Maybe I am the only one that sees it like that. I know that Cartier is a brand that likes to focus on functionality, and that is good. I might possibly see the the Pasha ballon bleu replica a few times and change my mind, but those are my initial reactions. Not sure about price, I would guess $5,000 - $9,000 for the steel version with a 40-70% premium over that for the 18k red gold version.Cartier also introduced a waterproof watch in 1932, and to avoid infringing on Rolex's patented locking crown, they placed the whole watch inside another outer casing and advertised their watch, called the Marine, as the first diver's watch. In 1936, it was taken to a depth of 73 meters for 30 minutes in Lake Geneva and was certified to a depth of 135 meters the following year by the Swiss Laboratory for Horology in Neuchatel.The Cartier Marine was endorsed by William Beebe, who was famous for his 1934 descent in the "Bathysphere" to a depth of 3,028 feet. Beebe also pioneered helmet diving and in 1936 wore the Marine on one such dive, afterwards reporting that "I wore my Cartier Marine in the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 14 meters, where the pressure is twice the normal one. My watch sustained this test with success. Its tightness to water and dust and its robustness to corrosion represent a true progress for watchmaking science."Rolex and Cartier have since gone on to further develop the water resistant wristwatch with their modern day counterparts found in the Rolex Sea Dweller and Cartier Pasha watches.

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