Cartier — Santos de Cartier

Santos

Produced 1979–1995. This Santos, reference 1172961, is a 29 mm square stainless-steel automatic produced from 1979 to 1995, marking it as one of the family's vintage-era pieces. It wears the silvered opaline dial with Roman numerals and…

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Reference1172961

BrandCartier

FamilySantos de Cartier

Produced1979–1995

StatusDiscontinued

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Cartier — 10 min readCartier Santos: The Wristwatch Learns to FlyA connected history of the Cartier Santos, from Louis Cartier's 1904 watch for Alberto Santos-Dumont to the steel-and-gold 1978 breakthrough, the curved Galbee era, the oversized Santos 100, the modern Santos de Cartier, and the parallel Santos-Dumont revival.

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