As a student, the « Santos or & acier carrée was my dream watch. I bought it at age 18 in 1985 and I wore it everyday until 2001. It returned to Cartier to be serviced a few times, they replaced the bracelet as it wore out to the core. I still have it, I’ll never sell it. It was my watch throughout the beginning of my professional adventure and it carries so many memories.
Thank you for sharing. Stories like yours are the most wonderful. When the value of memories and sentiments associated with material things outweigh whatever monetary value there is to them - and a life well lived accelerates this - then they become priceless.
My mother gave me a Santos Carre for my 21st birthday in 1979. Of course I still have it. It was my daily watch for over 20 years. I still have it. It’s been to Cartier for service only twice. Looks stunning and though smaller than many watches still looks fabulous. I have a classic Mercedes 380 SL from 1981 and always wear the Santos and a pair of 1982 Rayban Signets when I drive it😂
Glad you like it!! Thank you for the kind words. I'm thinking of getting another Carrée myself - maybe the gray or red dialed one. Wear yours in good health!
Great Vid! 👏👏👏 What is your wrist size if I might ask? Also, would love to see Cartier make a modern version of the Carrée in 34-35mm with a shimmering bracelet and a bit more industrial look 🙏😄
While I have seen photos of various Santos pieces from before the 1920s, I have never come across one labeled to be /the/ definitive original Santos-Dumont. I'm very curious about this myself. What I know for now is that the Santos-Dumont line is more faithful to the original, down to the lack of crown guards and, in the case of non-quartz pieces, the manual wind movement. It'd be nice if Cartier could launch a Santos-Dumont with a dial that drops the metallic starburst favor of simple black on white in the future. That would probably be an even more accurate reproduction than the present release.
Interesting video. I'd like to know more about the exact case sizes, not naming convention such as s, m and l etc and not including crown guards. For instance the current Santos de Cartier 39.8mm case measurement includes the guards, it would be great to know the case edge to case edge dimension throughout the range of Dumont, 100 and de Cartier. Not much of an ask I know 🙄 but actually a fundamental parameter. Silly that Cartier don't offer up this info, I've emailed them, I just got referred to an online augmented reality facility for imposing watch images on your wrist!
Excl. crown guards for what I have: Carrée LM 2961 - 29mm Galbée XL 2823 - 32mm SdC LM 4072 - 39.8mm as you mentioned Sorry I missed these details. Got carried away with all the other nuances. 😅 BONUS: The SdC has a higher antimagnetic rating than the original Milgauss.
@@ChezDoesStuffIt gets more interesting. I don't doubt you've measured it and thank you for taking the time to do so. I have however had another RU-vidr say otherwise. I've looked at the Santos for a while. I have some square/cushion/tonneau watches that are 37.4 and 38mm, not Inc guards. The 38 is a cw2111 Monaco and is the biggest watch footprint I would want on my wrist. Cartier dealers are scarce near me and long story short, once in London I tried the 39.8mm on wrist and I'd say for certain that it is smaller than my Monaco. There was no way of measuring it that day. So the 39.8 is my best for Santos, I'd considered that true edge to edge is more like just over 37. The 39.8mm dC though commands a price too high for me hence trying to ascertain if anything in the Santos range may also work. Santos 100 m is too small (35.6 official but 33 edge to edge) and l is too large (41.3 official so iro 38.7ish edge to edge but 51 lug to lug and a bulkier design anyway than the dC). Dumont too small. Gslbee also too small. Cartier sizing is unique.
@@jb-hw9if if it helps your decision any, both the Galbée XL and the SdC L are 46mm lug to lug. The Carrée L is 41mm. The case chamfers on the SdC really help make it look compact.
Wow super explaination of this time piece and as I saw already a lot of Videos on the Santos I learned a lot in Addition. Not the challenge is to get a Caree in good condition😁
That's the XL from the mid-2000s, and yes 32mm is correct. The L from the current Santos de Cartier lineup, which you'll see in the website, is 40mm indeed.
@@ChezDoesStuff I own one, therefore my question; It s like the carrée meeting the galbée in some ways, opening the road to the santos de Cartier with already 10 atm and very true to the orginal . But honestly they are ALL incredibly beautifull and timeless...
beautiful watch for daily use!!!but Cartier Santos large model does not hold value!!I bought the blue face Santos for $8,450 last June 2022 was selling it it for $7,400 no buyer offers it to grey market stores only got an offer of $5,000
Man, that's unfortunate. But the watch market in general has been quite soft lately. I got both my blue and ADLC below retail back in 2019 and 2022, respectively, and fortunately have no intention to sell them, so residual value isn't much of an issue. 😃
