Santos de Cartier Skeleton Watch Ref. WHSA0016 WTS Embossed with the signature Monogram

Embossed with the signature Monogram

drops the familiar rectangular messenger shape for a sharp triangular body that sits flat against the chest when worn long

a leather pebbled to mimic the surface of a basketball

framing a midnight blue guilloched and lacquered dial with powdered gold hour markers

it stands out as Patek Philippe’s thinnest perpetual calendar

Santos de Cartier Skeleton Watch Ref. WHSA0016 WTS Embossed with the signature MonogramThe Santos de Cartier Skeleton in rose gold takes Cartier's oldest wristwatch design and strips it back to the mechanism. The Santos was created in 1904 for the aviator Alberto Santos Dumont, who wanted to read the time while flying, and its squared case with exposed screws has been recognisable ever since. Here the dial is removed almost entirely, and the movement's bridges are shaped to form the Roman numerals themselves, so the architecture that