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Cartier Santos Two Tone from Trusty's

crick

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3 places, no one could remove the links. 4th place finally... but they charged me a hefty 38 dollars. I don't blame them, it looked painful to remove.

Now comes the Pics! This particular watch is a Cartier Santos Quartz. I dont mind quartz and i've seen these models come in as quartz. The price definitely reflected it, being at sub $110.

BTW: please excuse the couple of scruffs on it - in my excitement, i forgot to polish before taking photos...

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I have no experience with Cartier. I picked up this watch because it was almost identical to the one a relative was wearing (and when he let me try it on, it was over - i wanted one).

At first, i was disappointed with the 10 o'clock spot. "awwww, the X didn't print too well on the face..." It wasn't until i had my photo at 100% crop that i noticed it wasn't a result of bad printing :) I'm a retard.

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and some more eye candy

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and the nice cabochon on the side:

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Though the link removal was a BIIiiiiig pain in the butt (i wish the bands were the newer screwtype), in the end, this watch is definitely much more than what i could expect. On the back, it says "sanlosde cartier" - i wonder if it is supposed to say "santosde cartier". and i could not find a model number - but maybe that's how this particular model is? who knows?

Still, it fooled enough folks that they wanted to trade with me their seikos, rados, etc :)

Thank you trusty! I've emailed andrew so many times with lame ass questions, I'm amazed that he still answers them in a speedy manner.

Can't wait for the next buy! i LOVE this watch.
 

JCM1662

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bought the same smaller version for the wife - this is a great watch!!!


enjoy - you have a gem!
 

crick

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lara.juanito said:
i bought a Cartier with ETA 2000 and it is impresionant.

really? where at? which one?

i caught the cartier bug. want an automatic now with more bolder font and the words "cartier" on the 7 instead of the 10... HAhhhh but i'm being overzealous, This santos is nice enough :)

would like the skeleton wind too :)

hmmm... while i'm at it... want a gen one too :D
 

Klink

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@Crick0234:

What an exquisite watch.. and what persistence to have the bracelet sized.. $38 looks like a bargain compared to traveling all over to find a decent workman..

Best of all? THE PICTURES!!!

wOWOWow!

You may now give lessons to puggy..
serail, simple, he bills himself as expert.. and has expert stuffs
your pictures are very very very nice!

Enjoy,
Klink
 

crick

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Klink said:
@Crick0234:

What an exquisite watch.. and what persistence to have the bracelet sized.. $38 looks like a bargain compared to traveling all over to find a decent workman..

Best of all? THE PICTURES!!!

wOWOWow!

You may now give lessons to puggy..
serail, simple, he bills himself as expert.. and has expert stuffs
your pictures are very very very nice!

Enjoy,
Klink

really? WOW thanks Klink! you flatter me! my pics are no where in the same league as Pug's :p he's got better equipment, better eye for lighting, and great panash with setups :)

Yes, 38$ was a big bargain - my feet started to hurt looking for a watchguy to remove the links that i just stopped caring what they charge. But it is a swell watch! I oogled over some $125 dollar automatic Swatches, but my G/F just thought those felt 10X cheaper than the 108 dollar Cart i'm wearing :)

Now i have to wait a month or so before i can justify another rep purchase :)
 

Klink

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i save like 2-3 months, simply cause i take no money from wifey houselhold..
waiting makes nice for choosing next one : )

with your pictures, you are way ahead of the game.. and if you have time
to do some tutorial studies.. : )

Enjoy your reps, and have fun!

Cheers,
Klink