I didn’t start out to buy a Santos. In fact I started out to by a rectangular-ish dress watch. As things usually start out I was looking at sensible candidates which started with the Hamilton American Classic Boulton! Then I decided on either the Boulton OR a Longines Dolce Vita. I was able to actually LOOK at the Boulton and thought it was slightly small and couldn’t locate a Dolce Vita in my area. Then I was like….BOTH of these are really a copy/homage of a Cartier Tank!

Of course I…

So I bought a Santos!