2023 Cartier Santos De Cartier Complete Original Box & Papers

Cartier Santos de Cartier Large — Ref. WSSA0047

IN PRODUCTION
Every pilot's watch in existence — every IWC Mark, every Breitling Navitimer, every Zenith Pilot — traces its lineage back to this case shape. Louis Cartier designed the Santos in 1904 for the Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who needed a watch he could read while keeping both hands on the controls of his aircraft, and the square case with exposed bezel screws became the template for every purpose-built wristwatch that followed. This reference takes that 120-year-old design language and pushes it into a color combination the standard Santos catalog doesn't offer: a grey striated dial — textured with fine horizontal lines that catch and scatter light like brushed metal — framed by a blue PVD-coated stainless steel bezel secured with eight exposed stainless steel screws. The blue carries through the entire watch: blue-printed Roman numeral hour markers, blue synthetic spinel cabochon on the crown, and a blue rubber strap included in the box alongside the steel bracelet. It's a monochromatic blue accent system against grey and steel that gives the Santos a contemporary edge the standard white-dial version doesn't reach, without abandoning the sword-shaped hands, the Roman numerals, or any of the design DNA that makes a Santos immediately recognizable from across a room.
The reason this watch lives on wrists instead of in collections is the two systems Cartier engineered into the bracelet. SmartLink lets you add or remove links from the steel bracelet without tools — each link has a push-button release that clicks in and out with a fingertip — and QuickSwitch lets you swap the entire bracelet for the included blue rubber strap in seconds using a small sliding mechanism on the underside of each lug. No other luxury watch at this price puts both of those systems in the box and delivers two complete wearing configurations on day one. At 9.38mm thick, the Santos sits flat enough to slide under any shirt cuff, and the 100-meter water resistance with a push/pull crown means you can wear it through anything a normal day throws at you. The Cal. 1847 MC is Cartier's in-house manufacture movement — 28,800 vph, 35 jewels, 42-hour power reserve — built on the same Richemont Valfleurier architecture that powers the IWC Mark XX, which means it shares a proven, modern platform with one of the most respected pilot's watches currently in production.
Key Details

• Case width: 39.8 mm (square)
• Case length (lug-to-lug): 47.5 mm
• Case thickness: 9.38 mm
• Weight: not officially listed
• Case material: stainless steel, brushed with polished beveled corners
• Case shape: square / Cartier Santos
• Crystal: scratch-resistant sapphire
• Water resistance: 100 m / 330 ft / 10 bar
• Caseback: solid
• Bezel: fixed, blue PVD-coated stainless steel, secured with 8 exposed stainless steel screws
• Crown: polished stainless steel, set with faceted blue synthetic spinel cabochon, push/pull
• Dial: grey, striated texture (fine horizontal lines)
• Hands: steel sword-shaped, luminous
• Hour markers: blue-printed Roman numerals, luminous
• Date: window at 6 o'clock
• Caliber: Cartier 1847 MC (in-house manufacture; Richemont Valfleurier architecture)
• Movement type: self-winding automatic
• Frequency: 28,800 vph / 4 Hz
• Jewels: 35
• Power reserve: ~42 hours
• Certification: Cartier in-house testing
• Bracelet: stainless steel, brushed, with SmartLink tool-less adjustment system and QuickSwitch interchangeable system
• Clasp: stainless steel deployment buckle
• Additional strap: blue rubber with interchangeable steel deployment buckle, QuickSwitch compatible
• Warranty: 2 years + 6 years through Cartier Care registration (8 years total)