Platinum, Burgundy Numerals
Santos Dumont 96054 — Platinum, Burgundy Numerals
27 × 36 mm platinum case with satin top, bezel held by eight screws from beneath, blued épée hands and an 18k white-gold Cartier deployant buckle. Case no. 960’540’504.
Limited edition (size not stated). Case made by Edmor S.A. (Poinçon de Maître 127). Published in Cologni & Nussbaum, Platinum by Cartier (1996), p. 226, as cited by Sotheby’s.
Identifying details
- Screwed bezel
Bezel fixed by visible screws (eight on the Santos), a decorative signature as much as a fastening.
- 1979 Cartier World platinum series
Limited platinum editions with burgundy Roman numerals and ruby cabochon crowns, issued after the Paris, London and New York houses were unified in 1979.
- Limited edition
Made in a numbered limited series.
- Coloured numerals
Variants of 96054
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Platinum, Burgundy NumeralsCurrent | c. 1980 |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 96054
- Production
- c. 1980
- Case material
- Platinum
- Case diameter
- 27 mm
- Movement
- Manual winding
- Date
- No
- Caliber
- Frédéric Piguet 21
Dial, bezel & hands
- Dial colour
- Silvered, burgundy numerals
Movement
Frédéric Piguet 21
Ultra-thin manual-wind calibre; for close to twenty years the thinnest hand-wound movement available. Used in the platinum Tank Louis ref. 1601.
Manual winding · 17 jewels