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Generated illustration of the Cartier Santos (reloj de Santos-Dumont): square case, unconfirmed, unconfirmed dial, unconfirmed bezel, unconfirmed strap.

Plate 141. Illustration generated from this record, not a photograph. No lettering or logos. Colours are approximate. Size unconfirmed: not drawn to scale.

a Bezel
unconfirmed
b Dial
unconfirmed
c Case
unconfirmed, square
d Strap
unconfirmed

Cartier · Pilot

Santos (reloj de Santos-Dumont)

Ref. unconfirmed

Machine translation pending human review. Figures and sources match the original.

A founding piece: Louis Cartier made it so his friend Alberto Santos-Dumont could read the time without letting go of his aircraft's controls.

Price unconfirmed

We only publish a price with a source and a date.

Why it matters

  • A private commission before commercial sale
  • Cartier's first wristwatch
  • A Monochrome caption dates another example to 1912

Specifications

Line
Santos de Cartier
Year
1904
Status
Discontinued
Range
Luxury
Diameter
unconfirmed
Thickness
unconfirmed
Material
unconfirmed
Shape
square
Dial
unconfirmed
Markers
unconfirmed
Date
unconfirmed
Bezel
unconfirmed
Strap
unconfirmed
Calibre
unconfirmed
Movement
unconfirmed
Power reserve
unconfirmed
Frequency
unconfirmed
Jewels
unconfirmed
Water resistance
unconfirmed
Complications
hours, minutes

Across the Archive

Diameterunconfirmed
Thicknessunconfirmed
Power reserveunconfirmed
Frequencyunconfirmed
Water resistanceunconfirmed
Priceunconfirmed

Where to buy

A search for this reference at retailers. TicTemple does not sell watches or check stock. Links go live once we join each programme.

Sources

  1. monochrome-watches.com

Record confidence: medium. Based on a secondary source. Anything unverified is shown as “unconfirmed”, never estimated.

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