I was at home depot and I saw a woman checking out with a Cartier Santos watch on. I stopped her just to get a closer look at it. I've never seen one in person. It was a gorgeous two tone mens Cartier Santos that her husband gave to her. She said their daughter got a beautiful Patek for high school graduation that they purchased in Switzerland. I wanted to be part of that family so bad.
Tank watches are what got me into trying smaller size watches. I've got huge wrists (8.5'') so I'm used to 43-45mm, but I can do the smaller tanks, and accordingly, I've convinced myself I can do 39-41mm as well.
I think you hit the nail on the head with that Panthere. The Santos Dumont is my favorite vintage Cartier and I had to give the Panthere a second look because of that. There’s a pic of Muhammad Ali wearing the Santos and it couldn’t look cooler.
A very pleasing review of the Cartier line up. The Rose Gold 18ct Panthere is sublime on the wrist. It is silky, heavy and exudes class. It's a Quartz - but who cares when you have that much presence at the dining table! I should point out that the earlier Panthere models had both a date window and a seconds hand. I know you have an aversion to such a cluttering of the classic Dial but for me....I like the kinetic energy of the third 'hand' - it tells you that the watch is alive and pulsing!
One of the great features of the Santos is that it is two watches in one. As illustrated, the bracelet can be detached easily and replaced by a leather strap, included. Thus you have a more formal metal bracelet and a quality leather strap, giving the watch very different looks. I keep changing back and forth and refreshing the watch on my wrist. Very cool.
Loved this video! I have been fascinated by wrist watches ever since I can remember. I recently purchased my first "luxury timepiece" for my 30th. It was a Rolex datejust 126334 36mm fluted bezel and jubilee bracelet. I remember being mesmerized by a vintage version on the wrist of a much older gentleman and this left a lasting impression. I made my pick after a year of research and couldn't be happier! I've come to the realisation that I love the classic designs/propositions/aesthetic more than anything else. During my research I can't help but be drawn to square/rectangular watches. I am currently obsessing over Cartier and JLC. I love and appreciate content like this. I've caught the bug.....
@@tyarnold4088 Hey man! Yes I certainly did! I now have 5 Cartier Tank Musts (classic white, red, green, blue and black)!!! Kinda excessive I know 😅 I was also in a newly opened JLC boutique a week ago trying on Reversos and was quite taken by the Medium Small Seconds
Visited a Cartier Butique in Frankfurt recently and they were very kind and nice to me. Showed me all models and I liked even the Louis more than the Drive. I never thought that but after seeing them and trying them on its clearly the Louis for me.
My favourite Cartier is the Drive. That is a watch i will buy at one point or another. And my favourite in the line is the CRSNM0004. Just simple, pure beauty in my opinion. Keep up the good work.
Love this new series! I’ve been watching your content since the liquor run days with Rolley lol! But it’s amazing to see the evolution of the channel and the brand, Theo and Harris
Charlie Sheen wore the Panthere in "Wall Street" when his character became a big shot, which just goes to show gender stereotypes are arbitrary. Granted, it is "softer" compared to the Santos.
I fell heads over heels in love with tank louis in rose gold but when I wore it, I didn’t enjoy it. Panthere on the other hand was so smooth and just sat comfortably on my wrist like it belonged there
Love Cartier ... I have seen Tanks and of course a stepped Tank. Also just purchased a Drive small complications....its a beautiful watch that I think is underrated but time will tell.
The Tank Luis is fine for masculine wear. If the man is oriented to the classics. Two historical wrists Ill draw your attention to: Mohammed Ali and Cary Grant. Both wore the Tank. Watch the movie North by Northwest and look at Grant's wrist in the shaving scene.
I adore the elegance of Cartier watches. I love a Rolex on my husband but as a woman, I just don’t like chunky watches. But a paper thin Cartier or Piaget is perfection.
Agreed, mineral crystal though, I mean why, why would you do that at that price point. I really like the look of the tank dial, but it’s so wildly over priced
We need to do a reprise on the Roadster.... IT'S such a "love or hate it" watch, but it is a smashing together of everything on that table that you were reviewing, LOL!! I will be the crazy person on the business end of that hateful string of comments to come for that review! I LOVE IT lol! And surprisingly so!
I adore the Tank but would find it very hard to part with big bucks for a quartz. However when you have no second hand quartz works just fine just again not at that price point. I'm not a mechanical snob but used a gold Tank would retail at £4.5k ouch!! I'd pay £1.5k tops for a quartz movement
Thoughts on the Cartier Pasha? From my limited perspective, their most focused attempt at the sports watch. A ton of history and even redesigned by Gerald Genta.
Thanks so much for the review. I am wondering what you thought of the large size Santos? Could you give me an idea of what it wears like compared to a round watch (i.e. does it wear like a 40mm, 42mm)? I have about a 7.25 inch wrist and have been on the fence whether it would be too large. Thanks for your time.
You keep mentioning Santos galbee but show a picture of the Santos Carre. A much better design imo. Any reason you didn't feature the new dumont? Imho I would only consider the panthere, I feel like that model is the "most Cartier" of the new pieces.
Love Cartier, but their retail price for the solid-gold Santos is bonkers, esp for medium models. Should be ~19 for the medium, and 25 or so for the large maybe. They don't have the resale strength of Rolex, or the watchmaking movement prowess of Patek or Lange.
I love that when the quartz crisis hit, Cartier embrace the new technology and ran with it. Watch snobs act like quartz is inferior. It's more precise, more reliable, and easier to use.
@@tyarnold4088oh so you’re the spokesman for “us men”? Perhaps speak for yourself and not an entire gender. I (a man) don’t have a preference. Quartz, automatic and manual wind watches all have their place. And I enjoy them all
Why, so you can send your Tank back to Cartier every five years for a $1000 service, so it can keep worse time and do all this in a more fragile form? It won't have a clear case back either, so you won't see the movement. It will also be thicker so it will be disproportionate just like the XL, and it still won't have a "soul" BTW. Movements are not what Cartier is about just as Christian states in this video. Don't fall for all this "mechanical" ballyhoo that is bandied around on watch forums and blogs like I did for many years, quartz is superior by a large margin. I wish I was wrong, but after collecting watches for over 30 years, I can come to no other conclusion. And I'm reminded of this every time I send 9ne of mechanicals off for a service. I'm absolutely loving my Tank Solo quartz.
@C A aah yes, you're mechanical Swiss movement was likely made in the attic of some ageing Swiss artisan by hand with his bench lathe, lit by the soft morning sunlight streaming through the window. He occasionally looks out the window at the rolling green hills and wonders how the other half of the world are living. Guess what? You've been had.
@C A Hey just check out some of my videos and you'll see that I own and made videos on Sumariner, Speedmaster, Jaeger-leCoultre. I also have Omega Hour Vision and Cartier Tank, along with some fantastic Casio digital and Casio G Shock. I'm under no illusion, I can appreciate the mechanics of a nice wrist watch, but I do realise that the movement is not what makes a watch iconic - watches are jewellery. The Submarniner is not iconic because of its movement. Have you ever opened the back of a Rolex -yuck. I nicely decorated quartz is far more appealing to the eye. What makes a Sub iconic is it's external aesthics and the marketing ballyhoo behind the watch. So just don't get caught up in the movement hype. I used to when I was young and new to collecting, much like yourself. Perhaps you'll grow out of it, I know I did.
@@timickan what size tank solo do you own? Would you consider the small size appropriate for someone who wanted vintage proportions but in steel and quartz?
I love the Santos...but I would like the mid in steel lol. I think the large is too big/hate the date complication and I don't like the gold colour that Cartier currently employ
Devjyot Dhanjal yeah, he definitely did. He’ve said that this model is super stupid for having date and quartz movement. Really funny to see him saying it’s great in this video. Mentioned the date, but still..
Sorry but not agree: the drive is absoloutly not a sport but a (modern) dress watch. If a watch should be sporty, it should be the santos competing with other brands with integrated steel bracelets.
@@anonanon7497 I disagree. I find the Reverso tastefully reserved and the Cartier a little opulent. But to each his own- they are both fantastic watches.
..cartier is the most underrated watchmaker...in the 80ies in one line with rolex...now they come back....best history...first wristwatch....i prefer cartier above all other brands.. i am happy to own two....a cartier tank cintree and newer , a santos de cartier steel/gold...... no rolex needed...greets bm
Overpriced for quartz movement and blue glass crown which they call synthetic Ruby and hands are chemically bleached instead of heating. Cartier should drop their price by half for this inferior quality.
The irony being that the men wearing these 100 years ago were infinitely more masculine than the guys walking around with gaudy dinner plates on their wrist today.
