The Tank isn’t the only prominent wrist watch from luxury powerhouse Cartier. 

Predating the Tank Louis by nearly two decades, the original Santos model was designed in 1904, and has seen any number of iterations in the past century — including a brilliant revival in recent years. Available in quartz, hand-wound and automatic varieties in different metals and configurations, it’s an important historical model and one of the maison’s finest creations. 

This particular Santos, dating to circa the 1990s, features a 30mm 18k yellow gold and stainless steel case with an excellent matching two-tone bracelet, a sapphire crystal, a sapphire cabochon crown, and a matte grey dial with printed blue Roman indices and a matching blued steel sword handset.

If you're Cartier-curious but the Tank Louis doesn't speak to you, the slightly more versatile Santos Dumont might just be perfect match.

Give this one a try!