1990s UK High Quality Replica Cartier Santos Dumont Ref. 1575 in Platinum ‘Pre-CPCP’

BY admin December 17, 2024

The Santos Dumont is quickly rising up my rankings of UK perfect replica Cartier models. The modern iteration is the best “standard” catalog men’s watch Cartier makes, and these neo-vintage executions are one of the more accessible ways to add a truly heritage-inspired and not super upsized Cartier to your collection. The reference 1575 is essentially the same watch as the ref. 96054, which came before it in the 1980s, was a lightly updated version of the ref. ​​78097, a part of the 1973 Louis Cartier Collection. I say all this not only to bore my audience with reference numbers but also to point out that this model has a direct lineage to true “vintage” Swiss fake Cartier. The Louis Cartier Collection was the first fully fleshed-out watch catalog at Cartier and was inspired by all of the best watches made up until that point. Long story short, the throughline from the first Santos in 1904 to the 1575 we see here is fairly direct.

This is where neo-vintage watches shine when the 1980s and 1990s technology and build quality are applied to great designs from decades previous, where the idea of everyday wear is not quite as realistic in today’s world. I would love to daily a 1910s best replica Cartier Santos, but that’s not really smart to do. The 1575 offers much of the same look with stout build quality.

Finding this watch in platinum is no easy feat. You can dig up a few via listing sites like Chrono24, but typically, the asking prices are a bit inflated, up into the low to mid-20s. When most dealers get the UK cheap super clone watches in, their eyes light up because it is gorgeous and quite rare, but I find anything above 20k for this watch to be a bit rich. It’s great, don’t get me wrong, but ultimately, it is on the small side and, therefore, has somewhat of a thin market.

As a “Pre-CPCP” variant, this particular one dates prior to 1998 when the Collection Privée top copy Cartier Paris officially started. A quick and easy tell is the lack of “Paris” on the dial; this one is simply signed with “Cartier” at 12 o’clock. The watch is otherwise identical to the CPCP variant that came later, both powered by the high-end-for-Cartier, F. Piguet base, caliber 21.

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