replica Cartier Drive Silver Dial Alligator Strap WSNM0008

Overall wearability, then, is much improved over the Large model for, I would say, everyone with a wrist circumference under 7.5 inches. The Large case not only looks better, but it feels better, too. A pleasant surprise was the steel case’s 100-meter water resistance, something often gracefully omitted from skeletonized or otherwise “refined” timepieces. I have said this many times before, and I’ll say it again: every luxury watch without a minute repeater should sport at least 100 meters of water resistance — anything under is cutting corners, as far as I’m concerned.

The Cartier Santos Skeleton ADLC replica Cartier Drive Silver Dial Alligator Strap WSNM0008 Noctambule comes with the recently launched Cartier QuickSwitch easy strap changing system; a short video presentation is embedded just above. For most watches Cartier fits with QuickSwitch, it also packs an extra strap in the box — just so the owner can actually put the system to use, a nice gesture. Funny enough, despite the 100-meter water resistance, the Noctambule does not come with a rubber strap, rather, it is supplied with a black and —check this out — a gray alligator leather strap. A greater puzzle than that, though, is the folding clasp, which was awfully difficult to close and a pain to set up (though the latter you hopefully need not do often). Closing it securely should, in my opinion, be a lot more comfortable and easy to perform. These are not the product aspects in which you would expect a brand like Cartier to fall short.

The three-piece case is crafted from stainless steel that Cartier had ADLC coated – that is Amorphous Diamond-Like Carbon, claimed, and generally accepted, to be a lot more resistant to scratches than traditional PVD coatings, which do tend to scratch if you look at them the wrong way. How well the Replica Cartier watches ADLC fairs, in the long run, is something I am looking forward to testing out sometime in the future. What I can already appreciate about the Santos Skeleton ADLC Noctambule’s exterior is how the alternating surface treatments have been executed: a deep, glossy, black polished line runs along the upper profile of the Santos case, while the side, as well as the top of the case exhibits well-defined brushed surfaces. The massive crown guards are a fun element on a skeletonized watch, and so is the black crown set with a blue spinel.