{"product_id":"cartier-santos-dumont","title":"Cartier Santos Dumont","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIn 1904, Louis Cartier responded to aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who could not take his hands off the controls while airborne and needed the time. The result was a square case with exposed screws and a strap; a wristwatch made for a man, and also for mankind. Cartier released it to the public in 1911 under the aviator's name. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis is the ignition point of all horology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWhat sits here is the slightly later chapter of this same idea: a 1940s small Santos Dumont in yellow gold. And inside, a rare EWC movement; the European Watch \u0026amp; Clock Company Inc., the Jaeger-Lecoultre-linked caliber that powered early Cartiers and almost never survives this clean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSmall Santos pieces from this era are already scarce. The square had fallen from fashion; wartime tastes wanted round. The ones made were few. The ones left original; dial unrestored, case unpolished, movement still the EWC it left with, are fewer still. Untouched is the word that matters. This is not a restored icon. It is the icon as it actually arrived. In the original brief. In a size the market forgot. With a movement the serious collectors still look for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cartier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45484972376087,"sku":"DR-247.X.10.161.CN.BD-LNIB-OPEN","price":21500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0165\/1838\/files\/782C9910-FD96-457D-8188-B2123232DA96.jpg?v=1788515350","url":"https:\/\/www.highendtime.com\/products\/cartier-santos-dumont","provider":"HIGHENDTIME","version":"1.0","type":"link"}