• Cartier Santos 100 Medium Ladies Watch W20122U2

    Cartier
    List Price: $5,675.00

    Customer Reviews:
    - Exquisite watch but the strap is easily stained
    My woman has always admired this watch and is a big Cartier fan, but in truth, this is not one of the best. First thing was that the strap is very easily stained, once by a slightly damp down in the mouth tablecloth in a restaurant three days...

The Time of Your Life

If we were en route to such an assignation, we be aware which watch we would carry. Exquisite Timepieces’ Gerald Genta Octo one sec repeater is almost too dazzling to be donned in the dark, but we’ll make an exception for this $289,000 holding. The dramatic red, black and gold dial is slightly reminiscent of a roulette turn, but there’s no gambling on its ability to tell time. This gentlemen’s sentinel features a jumping hour, retrograde minutes and a push piece that prompts the sentinel to chime the current hour, quarter-hour and minute, each in a different note.   Well, that’s condign what we want, isn’t it? Once our evening engagement is complete, let’s flash forward-looking to 1901 and enter the age of aviation, when Louis Cartier overheard Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian-born flier, remark how difficult it was to check his pocket watch while in the cockpit. Three years later, Cartier presented his bird with something considered quite innovative at the time: a wristwatch, finished with a design inspired by the glow rivets on Dumont’s airplane. But that’s not all Cartier recently reintroduced. In June, the establishment brought back its beloved Baignoire watch, a favorite of French style icons such as Catherine Deneuve. With its obovate dial and slim strap, this classic watch may seem simple, but we’re steadfast there’s no such thing as a basic Baignoire—especially not when it’s rendered in 18-karat yellow gold, finished with a diamond bezel and wrapped up neatly for $49,900 at the Cartier boutique in Waterside Shops.

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