{"product_id":"cartier-santos-dumont-limited-edition-as10670","title":"Cartier Santos Dumont 'Limited Edition'","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first Cartier wristwatch, arguably the first sports watch of all time, and an enduring design to this day, the Cartier Santos arguably doesn't receive enough recognition considering its significance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story of the Cartier Santos dates back to the early 1900s and concerns a fascinating man, Alberto Santos-Dumont. Born in 1873 into a family of engineers and farmers, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSantos-Dumont was instilled with a passion for travel and exploration by his father, who worked in railroad construction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis naturally led to a fascination with aviation, arguably Alberto’s greatest passion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter moving to France, Santos-Dumont built a number of balloons, airships, and later, primitive aircraft. He quickly made significant breakthroughs, including manning the very first publicly viewed manned flight in Europe. Santos-Dumont’s high profile, daring missions put him in company with some of the most prominent personalities of France — including none other than Louis Cartier. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCartier and Santos-Dumont’s friendship blossomed from mutual respect for innovation, creativity, and legacy. In 1904, Louis Cartier gave Santos-Dumont a special watch designed to be worn on the wrist — a novel concept at the time. The primitive, sturdy square timnepiece was essentially the first true sports watch as well as the first true aviator's watch. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1908, Cartier revisited the 1904 prototype made for Santos-Dumont, offering a commercially available version by 1911. Since then,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Cartier has made dozens of Santos models — automatics, manually-wound pieces, quartz watches, complicated references, and more. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis particular example is one of Cartier’s most elevated: Released in 2022, it's a special limited edition of 250 individually numbered pieces in the brand's Large size. Constructed of 18K rose gold and measuring 31.5mm in diameter, it features a signature Cartier blue sapphire cabochon crown, a sapphire crystal, integrated lugs, and a screw-down smooth bezel. The beige lacquer dial features a mesmerizing decoration in concentric squares overlaid with applied gold 'Roman' numerals, plus a black 'railroad' minute track and a matching rose gold 'sword' handset.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePowered by the hand-wound Cartier Calibre 430 MC movement, this handsome pieces comes paired to a signed black Cartier alligator leather strap with an 18K rose gold ardillon buckle. Accompanied by its inner and outer boxes and its unsigned warranty card, it's a beautiful, highly limited modern take on an important wristwatch model from the early 20th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWho could resist such a gorgeous object? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cartier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41754280067159,"sku":"40950457","price":32950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS10670_40950457_CARTIER_SANTOSRG_WGSA0054-5.jpg?v=1749757012","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/cartier-santos-dumont-limited-edition-as10670","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}