As the happy owner of a different limited edition Arabic numeral Santos-Dumont and as a retired design professional, I admire Cartier's longstanding excellence (even supremacy?) when it comes to watch design, and the Santos models in all their forms exemp

Maybe a medium size fits better.

I also like the recent skeletonized automatic Santos-Dumont with the plane on the micro-rotor, though I know it's not to everybody's taste. There always seems to be something out there that we like that just doesn't fit our budget. We can always save our

I guess that will be the configuration for the coming winter months ! Best, Gerard

Another trade. ;-) This, (Santos de Cartier XL, SS, green dial W SSA0062) towards this: Santos Dumont XL SS & Rose Gold LE, W2SA0025. I traded because the Santos Dumont speaks to me more of what Cartier is about. Don't get me wrong - I think the Santos de

The Santos de Cartier takes well to colored dials, I think. I enjoy the green, myself. Even if the large size has a date window, Cartier had the good sense to match the dial color.

I find myself increasingly eschewing dive watches, chronographs, and other complications that generally take up more wrist space for something simpler and compact like these two. Maybe age has something to do with it. Thanks for viewing.

I think the dial is on this Santos is amazing. After looking at it since it first came out, I finally purchased it in September, and absolutely love it.