Cartier Santos Octagon Automatic in stainless steel and gold – 25mm

Cartier Santos Octagon Automatic in stainless steel and gold – 25mm

Nice Cartier Santos Octagon with white round dial with black Arabic numerals for each hour. The Cartier secret is marked on the bar of 10 o’clock. It is a Swiss made. The hands are blue/black Breguet color with Sword style. The octagon bezel is in 18K gold. The crown comes with a blue cabochon. It is a screwed back case with engraved outside “Cartier Swiss Made – AC 9.80gr – OR 0,750 -2,30gr – Automatique - #098733666”. The watch comes with an automatic movement with caliber ETA 2670 and 17 jewels. It is a stainless-steel bracelet with gold screws and double buckle clasp with gold Cartier logo. The size of the bracelet fits a 6.5 inches wrist. The watch comes a red Cartier pouch.

History

Cartier was founded by Louis-Francois Cartier in 1847 in Paris when it took over “Adolphe Picard”. His son joined the company in 1874. Cartier was making watches for home, chain and wrist. The success really started when Louis married Andree-Caroline Worth. Making a contract with Edmond Jaeger, Cartier secured a lavish collection of ladies watches. In 1906 comes the first platinum watch distinguished by a cabochon set into the crown. The same year came the “Tonneau”. After meeting with Alberto Santos Dumond, the “Santos” came in 1911. Then more models were created as the “Tortue”, “La Baignoire”. 1917 is the creation of the “Tank”, 1932, the “Pasha”.  1968 is “Les Must de Cartier” After tumultuous financial transactions, the company became part of the Richemont group in 2000.

Technical details

Automatic movement with caliber ETA 2670 and 17 jewels. 

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 25mm


Length including lugs: 31mm