Visual Description
The Ref. 2324 is a 35 mm Pasha in brushed and polished stainless steel, with T-bar lugs, a cap that screws down over the crown on a chain or security link, and a case back secured by eight screws.
The dial is white or black, with Arabic numerals, applied baton or luminous markers and a magnified date aperture between 4 and 5 o'clock, under a sapphire crystal; Bonhams describes sword hands with luminous inserts. The bracelet is integrated Cartier steel with a folding clasp.
Reference Significance
The 2324 is the small-date Pasha in a 35 mm steel case. The Ref. 2475 is the same size in steel with a large date at 6 o'clock in a double aperture, which Antiquorum catalogs as the Pasha Automatic Large Date.
Historical Context
The dated examples run from the 1990s to about 2000. Analog/Shift sold one with a guarantee dated December 1999, and the auction catalogs consulted date theirs to circa 1999 or circa 2000. No source found gives the year the reference was introduced or discontinued.
Only Bonhams names the movement: 21 jewels, cataloged as the Cal. 049 on its example of circa 1999 and as the ETA 2892A2 on one of circa 2000.
What to Look For
Read the case back for 2324 and the case number beside it, and measure the case: most catalogs give 35 mm, while Bonhams gives 35.5 mm for one example and Artcurial 39 mm for one in the PB series.
Check that the cap screws down over the crown and keeps its chain, that the date changes cleanly in its magnified window, and that the bracelet closes on a Cartier clasp. Ask for a photograph of the movement, since only one auction house names the caliber.
