Cartier Santos de Cartier Galbée Two-Tone Rolex a Reference WHSA0032

a Reference WHSA0032

This example features a matte blue dial — rarer

chronograph

original examples are getting hard to come by

and a beads-of-rice bracelet with a folding clasp bearing the DOXA fish symbol round out the package

Cartier Santos de Cartier Galbée Two-Tone Rolex a Reference WHSA0032Few watches can claim to have changed the course of wristwatch history. The Cartier Santos is one of them. Created in 1904 for Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos Dumont, the Santos is widely regarded as one of the first purpose built men's wristwatches. At a time when pocket watches still dominated, Louis Cartier designed a watch that could be consulted mid flight without removing one's hands from the controls. More than a century later, the Santos