Cartier Santos Dumont Vintage Mens Midsize Ultra Thin Watch - 18K Gold

Cartier Santos Dumont Vintage Mens Midsize Ultra Thin Watch - 18K GoldCartier created the Santos Dumont in honor of the famous Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos Dumont. Alberto Santos Dumont, a true daring aviation pioneer, flew in France and Europe in some of the first prototype airplanes. After hearing complaints from him friend about how difficult it was to access his pocket watch in the cockpit, Cartier rose to the challenge by creating a special watch that could be strapped to the wrist. Designed for lovers of

For a number of years after the company's founding

Today's offering showcases a classic ladies Cartier tank watch

5mm diameter (excluding crown) by 40mm long lug tip to tip

Schaffhausen and quartz

The movement is shock protected in four places

: 780972029

Case condition: The bezel has two areas of dings - one by three and one between one and two - and one of the pushers has a scratch

We lightly touched up two pin prick marks on the left side of the case

Manufacturer: Favre-Leuba

Note that the dial is not quite as bright as it looks in the photos under the photography lights

The watch presents even nice than the photos suggest

Dimensions: 27mm diameter (excluding crown) by 32mm long lug tip-to-tip