Cartier Santos "Vendôme" Steel - Large Model - c. 1980

Changing the shape without changing the essence.

Description

Françoise is always amazed to see the variations that Cartier churns around the same design! The Maison is often in the habit of playing on the shapes, colors or sizes of a model, while keeping its DNA: here we have a new example. Cartier knew how to keep the geometric aspect and the codes of the Santos, while going from a square shape to a round one.

We find the insert nailed to a steel case that made the Santos so successful in the 1980s. For this rounded model, Cartier plays on symmetry, by distributing the nails slightly unevenly on the insert. A version perhaps more discreet thanks to the steel.

Why did Françoise choose it?

This all-steel Cartier Santos can be worn every day. A watch that always assumes an elegant sporty look, since it is a Cartier. The flexibility of the bracelet and the finesse of the case make it very pleasant to wear. Without a doubt, Françoise loves the Santos, an essential model in the Cartier repertoire. This one takes its codes with a twist. Round watches at Cartier, especially sporty ones, are not the most common. Françoise also likes to offer watches with a slightly larger diameter, here a beautiful 33 mm which gives this Santos a real presence on the wrist and which will look just as good on a woman's wrist as on a man's.

History