{"product_id":"cartier-santos-black-wssa0039-unknown","title":"Cartier - Santos – Black – WSSA0039","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Santos remains Cartier's most historically significant sports watch, a design born from aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont's need for a wristwatch he could read while piloting. This reference WSSA0039 represents the modern interpretation of that century-old innovation, rendered in stealthy all-black aesthetics through ADLC coating over stainless steel. The treatment transforms the Santos from dress-sport hybrid into something decidedly more contemporary and tactical, while the exposed screws and Roman numerals maintain clear lineage to the original 1904 design. This is Cartier at its most restrained and purposeful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 39.8mm case houses the manufacture Caliber 1847 MC, an automatic movement delivering 42 hours of power reserve with central hours, minutes, seconds, and date at three o'clock. The ADLC coating—amorphous diamond-like carbon—provides exceptional scratch resistance and a matte finish that eliminates reflections. Sapphire crystal guards the black dial, where applied Roman numerals and railway track minute markers follow Cartier's longstanding design vocabulary. The combination of black rubber and black leather straps offers versatility between sport and refined casual wear. Water resistance to 100 meters makes this a legitimate everyday tool watch despite its luxury pedigree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt just under 40mm, this Santos delivers genuine wrist presence without the bulk that plagues many modern sports watches. The monochromatic treatment works equally well under a shirt cuff or on weekend adventures, a rare flexibility in contemporary watchmaking. For collectors, this represents Cartier's willingness to reinterpret their own archives with conviction rather than simply rehashing the past. The Santos WSSA0039 is a statement of confidence in black.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Investment Watches Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56951451550022,"sku":"A2219","price":6750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/5559\/3658\/files\/IMG_5393.png?v=1784045622","url":"https:\/\/www.investmentwatches.com\/products\/cartier-santos-black-wssa0039-unknown","provider":"Investment Watches Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}