Cartier has been increasingly on people’s minds and wrists recently. All this is thanks to the maison paying more attention to reigniting interest in the more classic historic lines among new customers. In the recent past, the French luxury conglomerate was too focused on high complications. But one of the nice things about Cartier is that there’s so much beauty in its classic and traditional lines, timeless timepieces, no matter what complication or even price point. Just launched are two new models making one of Cartier’s older families more exciting: the Santos de Cartier line. Named after the Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, Santos de Cartier is one of Cartier’s oldest collections introduced in 1904. The pilot asked his friend, Louis Cartier, to help him figure out how to tell time while flying, and thus, this watch was born. The watch with its rounded dial angles, seamless curved horns, and exposed..
