
Just like every Cartier watches, this versatile wrist watch is built with enduring materials to ensures its durability, and is finely crafted with such precision craftsmanship for a flawless details. A robust mechanical movement is fitted inside for a long lasting accuracy, and in addition, its sturdy case’s construction is designed to be watertight to 100 meters for practical sake.
Based on its size, this Cartier W20106X8 automatic watch is considerably a medium size for gents, which means, it would be large size if it worn by ladies. Including the lugs and the crown, its well-crafted premium grade stainless steel made rectangle case measures 36.95mm × 44.2mm --it will be around 33mm × 33mm if those two are excluded, and approximately 10.5mm thick. It has a solid caseback, while that octagonal at the right hand side is decorated with a faceted Blue gemstone.
Meanwhile, its handsome Black bracelet that is made of genuine alligator leather and decorated with tonal stitching is tapers from 20mm to 18mm, and it comes equipped with a deployment clasp with double push buttons safety. The watch does feel solid and sturdy, and overall, it weighs around 98 grams.
In addition to the case design, the Santos 100’s classic signature can also be clearly seen in the watch’s Silvered White dial as well, which is sharp and has a good legibility. It features Black sword shaped hour and minute hands with SuperLuminova, a thin seconds hand, painted Black Roman numeral black markers, and painted Black minute markers around the inner rim. And as expected, this dial is shielded with a scratch resistant sapphire crystal that is enhanced with an anti-reflective coating for an improved clarity.
Speaking a bit about the movement, Cartier Calibre 076 fitted in this luxury watch is a good Swiss automatic 21 jewels movement that in terms of both precision and reliability, you can be sure that it wont ever let you down. This mechanical self-winding caliber is built based on the 21 jewels ETA 2670 elaboré that beating at a high frequency, and it provides around 42 hours of power reserve under full wind.
If what you’re looking for is a luxury wrist accessory with both style and technical qualities, this Cartier Santos 100 collection W20106X8 timepiece is without a doubt, one that is surely fits the bill. Anyway, for all of its quality offerings, this gent’s (or you may say, unisex) steel on leather "three-hands" automatic watch is reasonably priced with an original manufacturer suggested retail price of $6,000.00. And just saying, this model is also offered in titanium version as well.
Watch Specification
Brand: | Cartier |
Collection: | Santos de Cartier |
Series: | Santos 100 |
Model number: | W20106X8 |
Watch style: | Gents, Casual Dress, Modern |
Display type: | Analog |
Movement: | Swiss automatic Cartier Caliber 076. Personalized, built based on ETA 2670 elaboré. Swiss made, automatic self-winding mechanical movement. Finely tuned. |
Functions: | Hour, Minute, Seconds |
Dial: | Silvered White Sword-shaped Black hands with SuperLuminova. Black seconds hand. painted Black Roman numeral hour markers. painted Black markers around the inner rim. |
Window: | Sapphire Crystal scratch resistant, with anti reflective coating. |
Case: | Stainless steel Square, Ø 36.95 mm × 44.2 mm, ± 10.5 mm thick. fine brushed. |
Bezel: | Stainless steel fixed bexel, decorated with 8 screws. polished, mirror finish. |
Caseback: | Solid Stainless steel. engraved. |
Crown: | Screw-in crown stainless steel. octagonal set with Blue synthetic crystal. |
Bracelet: | Alligator / Crocodile Leather Black, textured pattern, with tonal stitching. ± 18 mm - 20 mm wide. men standard length. |
Clasp: | Deployment clasp with double push button safety |
Notable Features: | Luminous hands Cartier Santos signature design |
Water resistant: | 100 m (10 ATM / 330 feet) suitable from rain, showering, swimming, and shallow snorkeling. |
Additional info: | - |
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