Gold Souk, Deira
Cartier Santos-Dumont (Small), reference WSSA0086

Cartier

Santos-Dumont (Small)

Ref. WSSA0086

$4,800 · AED 17,600

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Case38mm x 27.5mm stainless steel
DialSilvered, sunray, Roman numerals
MovementQuartz
StrapNavy alligator
Water30m

The Santos-Dumont is the flatter, quieter Santos, closer to the 1904 original Louis Cartier built so his friend the aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont could read the time without letting go of the controls.

This Cartier Santos-Dumont wears a 38 x 27.5mm steel case with a silvered sunray dial in Roman numerals. Quartz movement inside, on a navy alligator strap.

Fun fact: the exposed screws on the bezel are the one detail every Santos since 1904 has kept, put there originally to hold the bezel to the case and never redesigned away even after they stopped being structurally necessary.

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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