It’s Watches & Wonders, which means there are a whole lot of new releases from Cartier, including one that feels truly made for yours truly – the new Santos De Cartier Dual Time. Offered in a single spec, the new Santos Dual Time has a grey dial and comes with both a bracelet and a grey alligator strap. With a straightforward dual-time display tucked into a subdial at six, this is an exciting release that adds a touch of complication and international intrigue to the Santos we know and love. high quality replica watches
Coming from the larger side of the Santos collection, the new Santos Dual Time’s steel case is 40.2mm wide, 10.1mm thick, and just 47.5mm lug-to-lug. It is water resistant to 100 meters, and the case has been designed to integrate Cartier’s QuickSwitch systems for both of the included options (the steel bracelet and the grey leather strap). Additionally, Cartier has fitted the steel bracelet with the brand’s SmartLink system, which allows for micro-adjustment of the bracelet without tools. high quality replica watches
Inside, and supporting the dual time function, we find Cartier using a customized movement based on the Sellita SW330 (I’ve requested more information on the movement, but it doesn’t appear that much more is available at this time). That said, we know the SW330 well – it is an automatic movement with a rate of 4 Hz and a power reserve of 48 hours. Entirely controlled by the crown, the movement offers time, date, and a subdial that shows a 12-hour display of time in a second time zone along with an AM/PM indication for that time zone. A steel Santos with a grey dial AND a dual time complication? Maybe Cartier confused my birthday with Watches & Wonders, but I’m certainly not complaining. In-person and on the wrist, this Santos wears very closely to the standard large-sized Santos, with a large and flat footprint held by the short lugs. Much of the wrist presence is commanded by the highly polished steel bezel that frames the silver tones of the dial. With plenty of heft from the full steel bracelet, this large sizing is especially sporty, and the time display largely focuses on local time, with the second time zone being relegated to the subdial and the truly tiny day/night indicator at the 12 o’clock position on that subdial. That said, even with the array of silver and grey coloring, I didn’t find the local or away times difficult to read. high quality replica watches
As a first execution for the new Santos Dual Time, I dig the format and the focus on adding an additional time zone to such a versatile design, and I’d be very keen to see the brand tuck this movement and layout into smaller cases and other dial iterations.