Cartier Santos Skeleton
On a work trip with a conference venue next to a Cartier showroom, I was able to try on a watch I never thought I would even see in the metal. One of the reasons I loved this watch in pictures is the use of the numerals as the structure for the skeletonization. The other reason is my love of the G shock squares and then slowly realizing the design DNA connection to the Santos. On wrist this watch felt luxurious and fit in a way that I have only felt with the GS44 case. This grail is wayyy out of my league price wise, but for me is ahead of the trinity for a integrated watch.
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Mike
Casio, then Seiko owner, learning about watches
Calgary, AB, Canada
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6.30” / 16.00 cm
Very interesting look. The Roman numerals look green in the stock image but not on your wrist. Cartier’s are scratch magnets though
Very interesting look. The Roman numerals look green in the stock image but not on your wrist. Cartier’s are scratch magnets though
Agree, I feel like high polish is inherently scratchable, but the Santos wears the scratches poorly. This watch even had some polish touch ups required. I guess maybe you’re not even opening doors for yourself st this price point.
I think Cartier is above everybody else when it comes to skeletons, their consistency with their design language with the use of roman numerals as the skeleton is killer
I usually prefer the simplest, vanilla "base" model of almost all watch models, e.g. models subsequently released with subdials, chrono function, etc. rarely catch my attention, but this particular skeleton model for me is quite an impressive development and execution of a variant by Cartier.
I never noticed that the numerals were part of the structure before. This is way cooler to me than before I knew that lol looks awesome.
I usually prefer the simplest, vanilla "base" model of almost all watch models, e.g. models subsequently released with subdials, chrono function, etc. rarely catch my attention, but this particular skeleton model for me is quite an impressive development and execution of a variant by Cartier.
I agree! In this case the reverse is true, the printed dials pale in comparison
I think Cartier is above everybody else when it comes to skeletons, their consistency with their design language with the use of roman numerals as the skeleton is killer
Agreed…although they also use Arabic numerals 😉
Agreed…although they also use Arabic numerals 😉
I didn’t know that reference!! I like it, but I think the roman numerals are cooler
I didn’t know that reference!! I like it, but I think the roman numerals are cooler
Pasha is the one model family where Cartier primarily uses Arabic numbers. Genta’s influence I believe.