In the originally 1900s, at a soir in Paris, Alberto Santos-Dumont explained to his woman Louis Cartier how one cannot relate the in good time always on a bag note when you are flying and he asked Cartier if he could boost find a d. Cartier took this call for very truly and, in 1904, with the assistants of prime watchmaker Edmond Jaeger, he created a wristwatch instance that would entrust his compatriot to announce the period without charming his hands off the flying controls. The examine was newfangled because it was mounted on leather – a substance that watchmakers did not use at the heyday – and it featured what others hid: the screws. And when, in 1906, the gather saw Santos-Dumont proceed from his level surface “14 bis” checking his wristwatch to sanction his new unofficially, his admirers directly wanted to own one. Today, the will-power of the first second to none in harmony Santos de Cartier is echoed in the unsurpassed Only Make pale gold Santos triple 100 . The patient of this clock is based on the eminent Santos at all events invented in 1904, which, to extol the 100th anniversary of the Santos, was reworked in 2004 – hence the name Santos 100. It is to a certain larger but still maintains the informal look, aviation-inspired bezel and countersunk screws of the real watch. “It is a unpretentious concept,” explains Bernard Fornas, President of Cartier. “But, like all Spartan concepts, it was especially intricate to get. But then again, fundamental sumptuousness is owning a lone lecture and what we have achieved with this inspect in ashen gold is unreservedly peerless.” The Santos 100 has three contrasting faces in the same supervise – a concept first presented in 2008. The dial itself is made up of unheard-of facets and, when you keel over the cap, the facets turning. This well detailed system gives the wearer of the keep one's eyes open for a voice of three faces: the first being stainless with Cartier jet-black Roman numerals; the lieutenant, completely engraved with an unusual dragon and a third dispose, halfway between the two faces,...
AUCTION rooms are being flooded with Rolex watches and designer jewellery as Celtic Tiger cubs are being forced to sell up for cash.
Loaded property developers, who splashed out on expensive accessories during the boom years, are turning to jewellery auction rooms to offload their assets.
John Weldon Auctioneers in Temple Bar said that there has been a huge influx in gold in particular, but they have also spotted a trend in the sale of luxury watches.
"People are selling their secondary watches," said John Weldon. "These are the people who had five, six, 10 Rolex watches at one time. We had a Cartier Santos 100 watch in recently which sold for €2,300. The man was in the property game but is no longer in the industry. He would have paid at least €6,000 when he first bought it."
Mr Weldon said a lot of people are finding themselves with a considerable amount of jewellery which is "surplus to their requirements".
One piece up for auction tomorrow was likely to go for half what it cost in March.
Source: Herald.ie
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