The Tank isn’t the only prominent wrist watch from luxury powerhouse . 

Predating the Tank Louis by nearly two decades, the original Santos model was designed in 1904 and went into serialized production in 1911, seeing countless iterations over the past century — including a brilliant revival in recent years. Available in quartz, hand-wound and automatic varieties in different metals and configurations, it’s an important historical model, a stunning design object and without question one of the maison’s finest creations. 

This contemporary example features a 31.5mm x 43.5mm stainless steel, black lacquered case with a sapphire crystal, sapphire cabochon crown and a gloss black dial featuring a subtle, tone-on-tone square patterning, applied Roman indices and a polished sword handset for a properly Art Deco vibe.

Powered by a manual-winding Calibre 430 MC movement, this piece comes fitted to its original signed black alligator leather strap with a signed Ardillon pin buckle.

Virtually unworn and accompanied by all of its factory goodies including its box set, books, warranty card and purchase receipt, this limited edition piece was released in 2022 and quickly sold out - cementing its place as one of Cartier's most popular releases in recent years, which is really saying something!

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