Santos Dumont Skeleton

I am only too aware of what you mean about the dangers of an auction low bid, I have ended up with a Chopard L.U.C. Sport 2000 and a White Gold Cartier Pasha exactly that way. Although I don't really regret either one of those purchases as they were reall

Ok, weird moment, but apparently it was destined to happen. What follows is verbose, I know. It’s from my blog. TL/DR I won a cool watch at auction for a great price 😋 I have been eyeing a Cartier Santos for some time. I’ve gone into various boutiques sev

Still in awe of the beauty of this Santos Dumont Skeleton. My Watch-Dog

They submitted your apllication even you didn’t ask for it?? My AD can’t even get these….i did ask to out my name on the Santos Dumont skeleton YG, Tank Normale Pt and or YG and in the end, got allocated the 3rd option, sigh. Like yourself, I declined bec

If the JLC, Audemars Piguet or IWC boutiques are new in Rome, it is a different story with Cartier. Actually, the boutique opened in the mid 80s and has never left the Via Condotti since then. It is the reason why we can say that it belongs to the categor

Recently had the opportunity to handle a Titanium Santos Dumont Skeleton and was immediately smitten! Been on my mind ever since but have a few things that keep coming to mind Loved the way it felt on the wrist and the shape of the case combined with the

Cartier was one of the main exhibiting brands at the 2013 Salon Belles Montres. It is not a surprise since this presence is the proof of the strategy of the brand based on an enlarged network of boutiques in Paris (the boutique located boulevard des Capuc

At the just concluded Christie's sale in Geneva. With an estimate of merely CHF8000-12,000, the hammer price of CHF40,000 (including premium) blew way past the estimate. That's equivalent to about USD42,000 and very close to the retail price of about USD4

I think that one of Cartier's greatest strengths is in design, and the co-play between case and dial elements working together in a design. Cartier has proven that they can make a great skeleton watch: the Santos Dumont skeleton from the Fine Watchmaking

I also felt the same when I tried it on during the cocktail at Ion...but alas the pricing seems way to high for the pieces of tiles that are set on the dial. Still prefer the Santos Dumont Skeleton. :)