Cartier Santos Evolution: Carrée VS Galbée VS Santos de Cartier | Vintage to Modern in 40 Years

[@ChezDoesStuff]

Widths excl. crown guards for what I showed in the video: Carrée LM 2961 - 29mm - 41mm lug to lug Galbée XL 2823 - 32mm - 46mm lug to lug SdC LM 4072 - 39.8mm - 46mm lug to lug

[@scottnathanphoto]

I've been wearing my Carré daily since I picked it up in November of 1978. Haven't serviced it in 15-20 years. Still runs great.

[@ashleygordon3467]

My mother gave me a Santos Carre for my 21st birthday in 1979. Of course I still have it. It was my daily watch for over 20 years. I still have it. It’s been to Cartier for service only twice. Looks stunning and though smaller than many watches still looks fabulous. I have a classic Mercedes 380 SL from 1981 and always wear the Santos and a pair of 1982 Rayban Signets when I drive it😂

[@ChezDoesStuff]

Superb match all around! Wear and drive them in good health!!!

[@Itsbylebih]

That is awesome, good for you🙏

[@patrickjean-philippe7679]

As a student, the « Santos or & acier carrée was my dream watch. I bought it at age 18 in 1985 and I wore it everyday until 2001. It returned to Cartier to be serviced a few times, they replaced the bracelet as it wore out to the core. I still have it, I’ll never sell it. It was my watch throughout the beginning of my professional adventure and it carries so many memories.

[@ChezDoesStuff]

Thank you for sharing. Stories like yours are the most wonderful. When the value of memories and sentiments associated with material things outweigh whatever monetary value there is to them - and a life well lived accelerates this - then they become priceless.

[@fendiking]

excellent video, thank you - i think this is the only video showing the history of the iterations. I love my Santos Carree

[@ChezDoesStuff]

Glad you like it!! Thank you for the kind words. I'm thinking of getting another Carrée myself - maybe the gray or red dialed one. Wear yours in good health!

[@ChezDoesStuff]

Reuploaded for better sound. It's my first time to use the voice track equalizer. Please feel free to let me know how I did!

[@GwendolynGuerrero-o5e]

I bought 2 watches at the *amzwatch* .... then went back the next day and bought another 6 because my buddies also wanted some

[@HeavenRoadV]

I thought the 'caree' you mention here was actually a galbee? The galbee you mention here looks like a modern one to me, like the ones currently selling? Great video in any case but I am confused haha

[@ChezDoesStuff]

The lineup can be confusing. If the bezel is flat and the bracelet shimmers like tiles, it's a Carrée. If the bezel is square but curved and the bracelet is rounded such that the links don't shimmer one by one, it's a Galbée. If the bezel is curved and elongated to flow into the bracelet, it's the current Santos de Cartier.

[@HeavenRoadV]

@@ChezDoesStuff Thanks!

[@Davnatandale]

The Galbee is king

[@patrickjean-philippe7679]

I would love to see a picture of the original which Louis Cartier made for his friend Alberto Santos Dumont. I have found pictures nowhere…

[@ChezDoesStuff]

While I have seen photos of various Santos pieces from before the 1920s, I have never come across one labeled to be /the/ definitive original Santos-Dumont. I'm very curious about this myself. What I know for now is that the Santos-Dumont line is more faithful to the original, down to the lack of crown guards and, in the case of non-quartz pieces, the manual wind movement. It'd be nice if Cartier could launch a Santos-Dumont with a dial that drops the metallic starburst favor of simple black on white in the future. That would probably be an even more accurate reproduction than the present release.

[@michaeldgs]

Great Vid! 👏👏👏 What is your wrist size if I might ask? Also, would love to see Cartier make a modern version of the Carrée in 34-35mm with a shimmering bracelet and a bit more industrial look 🙏😄

[@ChezDoesStuff]

Thanks! 6" wrist here. And a more modern sized Carrée sounds perfect!

[@michaeldgs]

@@ChezDoesStuff yeah right?! 😊 Many thanks!

[@ChezDoesStuff]

@@michaeldgs you're welcome!

[@elora2525]

Xl a 32? The website shows it as 40mm

[@ChezDoesStuff]

That's the XL from the mid-2000s, and yes 32mm is correct. The L from the current Santos de Cartier lineup, which you'll see in the website, is 40mm indeed.

[@DamianSupra]

I much prefer the shapes and sizes of the galbee and carree. Much more classy and timeless

[@sebastianseichter9691]

Great video!

[@ChezDoesStuff]

Thank you!

[@jb-hw9if]

Interesting video. I'd like to know more about the exact case sizes, not naming convention such as s, m and l etc and not including crown guards. For instance the current Santos de Cartier 39.8mm case measurement includes the guards, it would be great to know the case edge to case edge dimension throughout the range of Dumont, 100 and de Cartier. Not much of an ask I know 🙄 but actually a fundamental parameter. Silly that Cartier don't offer up this info, I've emailed them, I just got referred to an online augmented reality facility for imposing watch images on your wrist!

[@ChezDoesStuff]

Excl. crown guards for what I have: Carrée LM 2961 - 29mm Galbée XL 2823 - 32mm SdC LM 4072 - 39.8mm as you mentioned Sorry I missed these details. Got carried away with all the other nuances. 😅 BONUS: The SdC has a higher antimagnetic rating than the original Milgauss.

[@jb-hw9if]

@@ChezDoesStuff can you confirm that those sizes include or exclude crown guards?

[@ChezDoesStuff]

@@jb-hw9if they exclude crown guards. Confirmed just now with a ruler.

[@jb-hw9if]

@@ChezDoesStuffIt gets more interesting. I don't doubt you've measured it and thank you for taking the time to do so. I have however had another KZbinr say otherwise. I've looked at the Santos for a while. I have some square/cushion/tonneau watches that are 37.4 and 38mm, not Inc guards. The 38 is a cw2111 Monaco and is the biggest watch footprint I would want on my wrist. Cartier dealers are scarce near me and long story short, once in London I tried the 39.8mm on wrist and I'd say for certain that it is smaller than my Monaco. There was no way of measuring it that day. So the 39.8 is my best for Santos, I'd considered that true edge to edge is more like just over 37. The 39.8mm dC though commands a price too high for me hence trying to ascertain if anything in the Santos range may also work. Santos 100 m is too small (35.6 official but 33 edge to edge) and l is too large (41.3 official so iro 38.7ish edge to edge but 51 lug to lug and a bulkier design anyway than the dC). Dumont too small. Gslbee also too small. Cartier sizing is unique.

[@ChezDoesStuff]

@@jb-hw9if if it helps your decision any, both the Galbée XL and the SdC L are 46mm lug to lug. The Carrée L is 41mm. The case chamfers on the SdC really help make it look compact.

[@Paul.M67]

What wrist size you have ?

[@ChezDoesStuff]

6"

[@Paul.M67]

@@ChezDoesStuff thank you 😊

[@ChezDoesStuff]

@@Paul.M67 you're welcome!

[@raymunddecendario1865]

Hello good day how to know if the Cartier is fake

[@THE.RATGOD]

and the santos 100?

[@ChezDoesStuff]

Don't have one of them in the collection, unfortunately!

[@THE.RATGOD]

@@ChezDoesStuff I own one, therefore my question; It s like the carrée meeting the galbée in some ways, opening the road to the santos de Cartier with already 10 atm and very true to the orginal . But honestly they are ALL incredibly beautifull and timeless...

[@DWilliam1]

I’d like to see a 37mm Santos, no date. I’d keep everything rise from the Santos De Cartier.

[@VolkerHoeschele-qs8ut]

Wow super explaination of this time piece and as I saw already a lot of Videos on the Santos I learned a lot in Addition. Not the challenge is to get a Caree in good condition😁

[@ChezDoesStuff]

Good luck with the hunt!

[@loquero10]

hello, i have a 30+years old cartier do you a mail to send you photos see what can you tall me about it

[@ChezDoesStuff]

Hi there! You can upload it on imgur and drop the link here!

[@tockingwatches2377]

I just sold my Santos de Cartier and plan to pick up a Galbee.

[@ChezDoesStuff]

Most elegant of the three, IMO!

[@kevin-sj3wt]

Whyy? Medium santos de cartier is my dreamwatch

[@tockingwatches2377]

@@kevin-sj3wt the new santos is great, I simply prefer the older style bezel which is rooted in the original santos architecture.

[@kevin-sj3wt]

@@tockingwatches2377 there are no AD in my country, how does cartier service for vintage old watch?

[@tockingwatches2377]

@@kevin-sj3wt you simply ship to one of their service centers.

[@MK-gj1co]

The Carree are the most beautiful. Galbee and the 100 are nice to. The last models are not.

[@baguiowatercolors3586]

beautiful watch for daily use!!!but Cartier Santos large model does not hold value!!I bought the blue face Santos for $8,450 last June 2022 was selling it it for $7,400 no buyer offers it to grey market stores only got an offer of $5,000

[@ChezDoesStuff]

Man, that's unfortunate. But the watch market in general has been quite soft lately. I got both my blue and ADLC below retail back in 2019 and 2022, respectively, and fortunately have no intention to sell them, so residual value isn't much of an issue. 😃

[@walkerb1734]

Who cares. You got a great watch. Make it your companion for life and never look back