Cartier Santos Is The Best Watch Of Summer 2022: Buying Underrated Luxury Watches

Tim Mosso returns with a list of the best watches from underrated model lines. While everyone wants a Rolex Submariner or an Omega Speedmaster "Ed White," Tim finds value in luxury watches from Cartier, Omega, Grand Seiko, and Moritz Grossmann. In particular, the Cartier Santos "Large" offers a huge range or styles and capability to watch buyers who favor value and lasting quality. Cartier's Santos de Cartier launched in 1904 as the world's first purpose-built pilot's watch. Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos Dumont needed a watch that he could wear and view while using both hands to pilot his muscle-intensive airships. A pocket watch was of no use to a man with two hands already committed, so Louis Cartier designed a "montre-bracelet" for his friend. Worn on the wrist, this "wristwatch" could be viewed even with both hands engaged. In the process, the Cartier Santos de Cartier became not just the first pilot's watch but also one of the first sports watches and first wristwatches at the same time. In 2018, Cartier re-launched the Santos as a model line built around versatility. Neither as delicate as many older Santos lines nor as large and brutish as the Santos 100 of the 2000s, the Santos "Large" measures 39.8mm in stainless steel as featured on tonight's show. At only 9.4mm, this sports watch is surprisingly thin, and a lug-to-log measurement of 47.5mm means even women can choose the Santos Large. Each Santos LG includes 100-meter water resistance, so the slim case co