The origin story of Cartier Santos has become a legend. At the beginning of the 20th century, a Brazilian aviation pioneer named Alberto Santos-Dumont lived in Paris. He has been committed to aviation research and experiments. During the flight test, the pocket watch was inconvenient to use. He complained to his good friend Louis Cartier, the head of Cartier Paris. After listening to his friend’s complaint, he made a unique square Flat watch with bezel. Crucially, he tied a belt on the case so that it can be worn on the wrist. In this way, in 1904, the first pilot watch was born!
In the late 1970s, Santos was relaunched as a luxury sports timepiece with a metal bracelet. A large number of screws were used on the bezel and bracelet, which became the core of the watch design. To this day, Santos is still the only Cartier watch with the original wearer's name. It provides 13 different versions. The 2020 new Santos uses amorphous diamond-like carbon (ADLC) as the case coating. ADLC is a nano-composite coating, you can imagine it as a two-dimensional planar structure of diamond film, so it has properties similar to diamond, including high corrosion resistance and scratch resistance, and improves the robustness of the case. Of course, if it hits hard, it will fall off. Get popular replica watches, copy watches, look alike watches at Copwatchalike.co, all watches are all in excellent quality with affordable price.
The Santos ADLC case measures 47.5 mm x 39.8 mm, but the thickness is 9.38 mm, which is relatively slim despite its huge size. It is available in two versions: all black ADLC coated steel or two-tone steel with ADLC bezel. Although the size of the case is the same as the standard Santos, the appearance of the case of the new model is low-key. The frosted bezel, instead of the mirror polish on the standard model, only polishes the bevel of the edge of the case. The entire case is designed with an ADLC bezel with 8 screws and the same straight-chain steel bracelet with 2 screws on each link.
The stainless steel model has a dark gray dial that matches the shadow of the ADLC coating on the bezel. Although the dial is monochromatic, it appears to be two tones due to the surface treatment-the inner dial is vertically brushed, which echoes the surface treatment on the bezel, and the part next to the bezel has a radioactive brushed texture. The all-black ADLC model has a pure black frosted dial, which forms a sharp contrast in tone and texture, while accentuating the all-black appearance.
The crown is set with faceted black synthetic spinel to match the bezel and gray dial. The stainless steel model is equipped with a genuine stainless steel bracelet, while the all black ADLC version bracelet is paired with a matte black alligator leather strap. The bracelet uses the "SmartLink" adjustment system, which can be easily changed from the original steel bracelet to an auxiliary rubber strap with a telescopic buckle. The water resistance of the watch is up to 10 bar.
