With its rounded angles and exposed screws of the dial, the Santos watch has become an iconic timepiece. 112 years after Louis Cartier created the watch, sealing his friendship with the aviator of the same name, Cartier presents the Santos 100 Carbon large model.
This classic, refreshed in a black ADLC coating, is not the first Santos done in a carbon coating, as gold and ADLC versions already exist. But the new Santos 100 Carbon is a more affordable steel piece housing Cartier's newer in-house movement.
The 51,1 mm x 41,3 mm steel and black ADLC case is water resistant to 100 meters. On the black dial protected with a sapphire crystal, the sword-shaped hour and minute hands, in steel and luminescent material for increased legibility, replace the usual Cartier blue hands, while the second hand is red. As always, the crown receives special treatment with a blue faceted synthetic spinel.
The watch is outfitted with the in-house calibre 1847 MC, a self-winding movement offering a 42-hour power reserve, and is worn on an elegant black calf-skin strap secured with a steel and ADLC buckle.
