Cartier Santos de Cartier Skeleton Skull – All-Steel Custom

Description

Cartier Santos Skull Custom

The Cartier Santos Skull Custom brings together the recognizable design language of the Santos de Cartier Skeleton with a bold custom interpretation. The all-steel appearance gives the watch a clean, contemporary character, while the skeletonized construction exposes the mechanical architecture beneath the dial.

Cartier’s genuine all-steel Santos Skeleton platform uses a large 39.8 mm case, a hand-wound Manufacture Calibre 9611 MC, sapphire crystal and sapphire case back. The movement’s skeletonized bridges form Roman numeral elements, making the mechanism part of the watch’s visual identity.

All-Steel Santos Design

The all-steel custom configuration emphasizes the sporty and architectural side of the Santos design. Stainless-steel construction works naturally with the watch’s exposed screws, rounded-square case and integrated bracelet styling.

Cartier’s official all-steel Santos Skeleton reference WHSA0015 features a steel case and steel bracelet with SmartLink adjustment, plus a second interchangeable leather strap.

Skull-Inspired Custom Detailing

The defining feature of this version is its skull-inspired custom design. The dramatic detailing gives the traditional skeleton watch a darker and more artistic character while preserving the recognizable Santos silhouette.

This makes the watch particularly suited to collectors looking for a customized luxury timepiece rather than a conventional factory configuration.

Skeletonized Mechanical Architecture

The skeletonized construction allows the movement to become part of the dial design. On genuine Santos Skeleton models, the bridges are shaped to form Roman numerals, creating a distinctive combination of horological engineering and Cartier design.

Manual-Winding Mechanical Movement

The genuine Santos Skeleton platform is powered by Cartier Manufacture Calibre 9611 MC, a manually wound mechanical movement. Cartier lists 138 components, 20 jewels, a movement thickness of 3.97 mm and approximately 72 hours of power reserve for the WHSA0015 configuration.

Key Features

• Cartier Santos de Cartier Skeleton-inspired design
• Skull-inspired custom detailing
• All-steel custom appearance
• Large Santos case
• Skeletonized mechanical architecture
• Manual-winding mechanical movement platform
• Cartier Manufacture Calibre 9611 MC platform
• Approximately 72-hour power reserve on the official WHSA0015 platform
• Sapphire crystal
• Sapphire display case back
• Skeleton bridges forming Roman numeral elements
• Signature Santos exposed screws
• Steel bracelet styling
• QuickSwitch/SmartLink features on applicable genuine configurations