Cartier Galbee Watch – Panache and Style Redefined

One of the best-known Cartier watches is the Santos Galbee watch. Cartier Galbee watches came into the world in 1904. In this epoch-making year, aided by Cartier’s sensational design the watch emerged from the confines of the pocket to sit with pride on wrists of the rich and the famous. This watch is for the adventure seeking, free-spirited man as well as the man of business and fashion. It’s for men who needed freedom of movement and be free from the restrictions of the past.

The famous aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont needed a watch that would tell him time while flying without his having to take hands off the controls of his plane. He needed a convenient and easy way of knowing time. That’s when Cartier designed this watch called the Cartier Santos Galbee in honor of his friend. From this year on the watch became a stylish accessory visible to all on the wrist. It was no longer just a pocket watch that is pulled out when one needs to know the time.

Like most Cartier watches the Cartier Santos Galbee is water-resistant up to a depth of 30 meters. It comes in three sizes small, large, and extra-large. Over the years the Galbee has been fitted in steel, and steel/gold on a metal bracelet apart from the usual leather straps. It comes with quartz and self-winding mechanical movement depending on the model. These timeless watches have the original Cartier elegance with a blend of the classic and modern. You won’t go wrong with a Cartier Galbee watch.