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Cartier “Santos Droit” Wristwatch
- 2510c39011c5 12y agoI feel there are just too much distracting information for all those images on the page...But I guess this is the most interesting part of the whole page, as for an average "nerd" in the HN community: "In 1904, the Brazilian pilot Alberto Santos-Dumont complained to his friend Louis Cartier that while he was flying with both hands on the controls, it was impossible to read the time on his pocket watch. Soon afterwards, Cartier sent him a prototype of a wristwatch. It was sold from 1911 as the Santos, and was the first watch with the bracelet attachment horns integrated into the case. These integrated horns made it the first modern wristwatch for men."
- ableal 12y agoI was going for the shape similarities of the "Santos Droit" and another watch that went on sale this month. (Great artists, etc.) I think I was pointed that way by an innocent remark in a New Yorker piece posted here a couple of weeks ago. Doing tab cleaning, saved it here ;-).