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Cartier Santos how I got here!!

panerai153

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I will absolutely say this, a few weeks or a month ago, Cartier was not a tiny blip on my radar. In fact, I looked at a Cartier sort of like a Tiffany watch, in other words watches produced by jewelry companies, not pure watch companies. Now, I know that historically this is incorrect, in fact Cartier stands as one of the first if not the first true wristwatch. Now, a confession.For the past year plus, I have been wearing an Apple Watch, first a 4 and now a 5. I wear one for several reasons, but mainly because of all the features. I’m in my 7th decade. I am very active and work a lot outside often out of sight and sound of others. The feature that calls my designated emergency contact should I take a hard fall could be a lifesaver for me. However what led me to look at Cartier was the rectangular shape of the Apple Watch. I feel very comfortable with that shape. I started looking at rectangular and square watches. This of course led me to Cartier. Beautiful watch, very nice, and according to a lot of guys that know a lot more about Cartier than I will ever know, call these super reps. And guess what? They copied a really popular feature of Apple watches, the quick strap change feature. This is a great feature that allows quick and easy strap and bracelet changes. More formal, change to the Black Alligator, casual Friday, the Blue Gator works, get the idea? So when I decided, I searched and was able to buy a Santos XL in a M2M sale. I also was able to buy a genuine Cartier Blue Alligator strap. I haven’t owned the watch for long, and truthfully I doubt that it will replace my Apple watch 5 as a daily wearer, but certainly for more dressy occasions and/or when I want to wear a “real” watch, it will be my go to watch.
So no post about a watch is complete without photos, here is mine on the genuine Blue as well as aa Black rep strap
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Did you happen to get it with the rep metal bracelet?
if so, does the quick change and link quick change work well?
 

panerai153

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Did you happen to get it with the rep metal bracelet?
if so, does the quick change and link quick change work well?

It did have the metal bracelet. It was separate from the watch when I unpacked it and truthfully, I never tried it on. I am not a fan of metal bracelets,except on certain watches. The Rolex sport models to me all look better on bracelets, likewise the old Omega Seamasters, Doxas, etc.


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