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Lot Essay
Consigned by its original owner, the present Santos Dumont is extremely early and features a 'backwards' limited edition engraving reading '90⁄4'.
In honor of the 90th anniversary of the Cartier Santos Dumont model first conceived in 1904 at the request legendary aviator and friend of Louis Cartier, Mr. Alberto Santos-Dumont, the Maison celebrated with very elegant and ultra-thin Santos Dumont with salmon dial, blued steel Breguet hands, and platinum case. Limited to only 90 examples, the manual-winding timepiece is incredibly thin measuring less than a total thickness of 4.5 mm., making the modest sized watch very comfortable and conforming to the wrist.
Originally, Mr. Santos-Dumont requested a wristwatch from Louis Cartier as a time-telling device would be much easier to read on his wrist rather than taking out a pocket watch from his jacket while navigating a plane. The Santos remains as Cartier oldest watch design and is one of their most popular watches that is still being manufactured today.
In honor of the 90th anniversary of the Cartier Santos Dumont model first conceived in 1904 at the request legendary aviator and friend of Louis Cartier, Mr. Alberto Santos-Dumont, the Maison celebrated with very elegant and ultra-thin Santos Dumont with salmon dial, blued steel Breguet hands, and platinum case. Limited to only 90 examples, the manual-winding timepiece is incredibly thin measuring less than a total thickness of 4.5 mm., making the modest sized watch very comfortable and conforming to the wrist.
Originally, Mr. Santos-Dumont requested a wristwatch from Louis Cartier as a time-telling device would be much easier to read on his wrist rather than taking out a pocket watch from his jacket while navigating a plane. The Santos remains as Cartier oldest watch design and is one of their most popular watches that is still being manufactured today.