Great post!

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More than meets the eye - an in-depth look at the Cartier Santos Triple 100

 
 By: SJX : June 5th, 2010-08:19
The Cartier Santos Triple 100 was first launched in 2008 in a limited edition of 20 pieces, cased in palladium. It featured three dials – in white, diamond pave and a hand-engraved tiger – made possible by a patented louvre system operated by the crown. T...  

Great post!

 
 By: gompie : June 5th, 2010-12:47

Thanks SJX

 
 By: aldossari_faisal : June 5th, 2010-13:06
i always find your post enriching. Faisal

Superb post, like the watch!

 
 By: cisco : June 6th, 2010-08:44
THIS is a modern Cartier, everything "breath" cartier here. The complication, the caliber, the design. A fantastic and modern Cartier! Hope you will have the luck to make a report on the Mystere. The "chef d'oeuvre" imho of Cartier recently Thanks for sha... 

Very good post SJX

 
 By: Geo : June 7th, 2010-11:03
I love the watch and did'nt know all the ins & outs. Really great to see so many photos of this incredible piece. GEO

excellent...

 
 By: ocwatching : June 7th, 2010-12:03
very cool...thanks for the report

What a bargain!

 
 By: MTF : June 7th, 2010-14:29
Three watches-in-one for just a little less then the cost of three watches separately! I think there is room in the world for fun watches like this, which may be more useful in 'real life' than many complications. Until now, Cartier's sister company - JLC... 

This is in-house

 
 By: SJX : June 8th, 2010-02:06
from conception by Carole Forestier to realisation of the movement at La Chaux-de-Fonds. Though some movements are developed with external help, like the Central Chrono for instance, and Cartier is admirably open about that, this is all Cartier. - SJX

Thanks (nt) [nt]

 
 By: MTF : June 10th, 2010-09:01
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Great review SJX

 
 By: AnthonyTsai : June 7th, 2010-15:11
Btw, for those interested, here's an animated gif of the Cartier Santos Triple 100 I made several years ago when it first came out. Cheers, Anthony...  

That new one is quite something

 
 By: aaronm : June 7th, 2010-20:42
a most clever use of the skeleton movement and the louvers. Not my taste, but most impressive A

Thanks for another excellent post, SJX.

 
 By: amanico : June 7th, 2010-22:17
While I don't aesthetically love the watch, I am positively surprised by the ingenuous system Cartier found to operate the louvers by the crown. Best, Nicolas