In 1904, the founder Louis Cartier decided to make a very special timepiece for his friend who was a Brazilian aviator seeking for a way to check on the time without taking his hands off the controls in the cockpit, his name was Alberto Santos-Dumont. Since being the first ever watch to be worn on the wrist in 1904, the Santos family had grown with many more references and becomes one of Cartier’s most iconic wristwatches still in production today.

Ref Variations: 1575-1,1575B,