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Cartier Santos de Cartier Large (Silver opaline Dial), reference WGSA0018

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Santos de Cartier Large (Silver opaline Dial)

Ref. WGSA0018

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Case47.5 x 38mm 18k rose gold
DialSilver opaline, Roman numerals
Movement1847 Mc
BraceletRose gold
PapersBox and Card

The Santos is the first pilot’s watch and the first square watch that mattered, born 1904 and re-engineered with the QuickSwitch bracelet for the modern wrist. Its exposed screws made hardware into ornament a century before industrial design caught up.

This Cartier Santos de Cartier Large wears a 47.5 x 38mm 18k rose gold case with a silver opaline, roman numerals face. 1847 Mc keeps it running.

Fun fact: Cartier built the first Santos in 1904 for Alberto Santos-Dumont, who complained he could not check a pocket watch while flying. It is the reason men wear watches on the wrist at all.

The collection

Santos de Cartier

Square, screwed and made for daily wear, from a design traced to 1904

Cartier made the first Santos in 1904 for the flight pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. As Cartier tells it, he wanted the time readable without taking his hands off his airship. The brief gave a squared case with rounded flanks and a flat bezel carrying exposed screws; in 1978 Cartier added the integrated bracelet whose links carry the same screws. The current Santos de Cartier adds QuickSwitch, a tool free strap release, and SmartLink sizing on the metal bracelet.

Sizes in the family

Three sizes, 27 to 40 mm wide, 35 to 47.5 long

Who it suits

For the buyer who wants one Cartier that handles a suit and a weekend without changing character.

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