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Cartier introduces new choices for his or her iconic pilot’s watch vary with refreshing splashes of color. Our pals from Berry’s Jewellers inform us all there’s to know.

Increasing on the famend sq. pilot’s watch line, Cartier presents two new additions to the collection, every paying homage to 100 years of historical past. The primary mannequin, initially designed by Louis Cartier for French aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont in 1904, revolutionised the business with its built-in lugs, sloping Roman numerals and immediately recognisable square-shaped case. Thankfully for Cartier watch fanatics, the design of the Santos pilot watch has remained largely unchanged, preserving its distinctive inside railroad tracks and ornamental case screws as defining options.

In the case of design specs, the brand new blue and inexperienced smoky dials retain a lot of the timeless attraction of the Cartier Santos. Whereas the gradient blue possibility exudes class and pairs properly with sensible, skilled, or informal apparel, the smoky inexperienced degrade dial brings a recent perspective to the gathering. The dial’s floor encompasses a sunray brushed end, with darkening edges akin to the blue mannequin. The watch showcases a fascinating interaction of inexperienced nuances, polished rhodium-finished appliques and sword-shaped fingers, leading to a ultimate product befitting the posh watch sector. The design of the brand new Cartier de Santos watches strikes an ideal steadiness between basic class and trendy precision, guaranteeing uncompromised accuracy day and night time.

Anticipated to turn into an on the spot sensation, the brand new Cartier Santos watches, significantly the inexperienced mannequin, boast quite a few interesting options. Sharing specs with the gradient blue model, the inexperienced sunray brushed show showcases a three-handed no-date structure, with the Cartier lettering positioned beneath the 12 o’clock marker and guarded by anti-reflective sapphire crystal glass. The glass seamlessly merges with the squared-shaped chrome steel case, accessible in a medium dimension with a diameter of 35.1mm or a big dimension with a diameter of 39.8mm.

To boost your expertise, the watch might be paired with an identical inexperienced alligator leather-based strap or a stainless-steel bracelet due to the Santos’ ingenious QuickSwitch interchangeability system and Smartlink sizing know-how. The distinct rounded edges of the sq. case are distinctive to the Cartier de Santos vary, whereas a water-resistance ranking of 100 metres and a heptagonal metal crown, adorned with a blue artificial faceted spinel full the impeccable design. Inside the brand new smoky blue and inexperienced Cartier de Santos watches, the Calibre 8247 motion delivers distinctive efficiency. Hid behind a metal case again, the motion operates at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour and gives an influence reserve of 40 hours.

These newest Cartier Santos watches are actually accessible at Berry’s Jewellers in each medium and huge sizes and in each of the fascinating blue and inexperienced sunray brushed dials.