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[WTS] Cartier Santos de Cartier Green Dial Medium Steel – Ref WSSA0061

[WTS] Cartier Santos de Cartier Green Dial Medium Steel – Ref WSSA0061

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Listed on Reddit by VardaLuxCollection6 hours ago

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BrandCartier
ModelSantos de Cartier
ReferenceWSSA0061

Listing Description

The Santos de Cartier occupies a position in watch history that no other reference can claim: it is the first purpose-built wristwatch, commissioned in 1904 by Louis Cartier for his friend Alberto Santos-Dumont, the Brazilian aviator who needed to read the time during flight without releasing his controls. That functional brief produced a specific form the rounded square case, the Roman numeral dial, the sword hands, the exposed octagonal bezel screws, and that form has been in continuous produc...

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