THE UNDISPUTED ICON
Feb 01, 2019
2 minutes
Back in 1904, the Santos de Cartier was born. At that time, the watch carried with it the three major principles held dear by Alberto Santos-Dumont, the aviation pioneer who ordered the first modern wristwatch from Louis Cartier and whose name would live on through this timepiece. These three were simplicity, practicality and also innovation.
Throughout the following decades, the character of . This sense of modernity has then been maintained as Cartier continued to evolve the watch. This year, for its showing at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH), the decided that the next chapter in the Santos de Cartier’s history would involve a high-autonomy quartz movement.
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