Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Santos de Cartier Petit Modèle is a watch that encapsulates over a century of innovation and design evolution within Cartier‘s storied collection. Originally conceptualised in 1904 to meet the needs of aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, the Santos de Cartier was a pioneering piece, marking the transition from traditional pocket watchesContinue Reading
Reading Time: 15 minutesFor Watches and Wonders, the 2023 edition, Cartier has prepared a suite of pieces to highlight, once again, the attention to details and elegance characteristic of the grande Maison. The enriched collection are: Cartier Privé, Jewelled Tank, Baignoire Allongée, Santos and Santos-Dumont, plus an amazing set of skeletonised watches.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 19 minutesAt Cartier, time is not only what we measure but what we treasure, something to make the most of in how it is filled and how it is represented. The strength of this vision drives all of the Maison’s research around time, from its formal representation to personal perception andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 2019, Cartier launched the new Santos-Dumont. It was a quartz watch, but still, the impact was huge. Last year, in 2020, Cartier released the hand-wound mechanical version in the XL line. We have a look today at the Cartier Santos-Dumont XL Steel Mechanical Ref. WSSA0032.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes“Go further.” Such could have been Alberto Santos-Dumont’s motto, which pushed him to invent delicate, poetic flying machines for his pleasure and that of Parisian spectators – machines that connected dreams and technology, man and sky. This is the story told by the new Cartier Santos-Dumont watches. Each of themContinue Reading