Specht & SöhneSP0021
Homage to the Cartier Santos de Cartier
about$234
Regular price at the brand's own website, checked 31 Oct 2026. Marketplace prices change often.
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The Specht & Söhne SP0021 is a homage to the Cartier Santos de Cartier, with a 34 mm case, 5.8 mm smaller. It uses an automatic movement and is water resistant to 50 m. Its Resemblance Score is 52 out of 100. It costs about $234 at the official store.
Side by side with the original
Compared with reference WSSA0009. Values marked ≈ are estimates, such as a reviewer's measurement.
| Spec | SP0021 | Santos (WSSA0009) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case diameter | 34 mm | 39.8 mm | −5.8 mm |
| Lug-to-lug | 45 mm | 47.5 mm | −2.5 mm |
| Thickness | 11.5 mm | ≈ 9 mm | +2.5 mm |
| Lug width | 20 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Water resistance | 50 m | 100 m | |
| Movement | Automatic, 8215 | Automatic, 1847 MC | |
| Power reserve | 42 h | Not published | |
| Crystal | Sapphire | Not published | |
| Bezel | Not published | Fixed, square, with eight exposed screws | |
| Case material | 316L stainless steel | Steel | |
| Lume | Yes | Not published | |
| Bracelet | 316L stainless steel bracelet with exposed screws | Steel, wide single links, SmartLink tool-free sizing, QuickSwitch | |
| Weight | Not published | Not published |
- ≈ Santos, Thickness: median of 2 agreeing independent measurements (9–9.08 mm); the maker does not publish it.
The original
Cartier
Santos
Reference WSSA0009, large, steel, bracelet (2018 launch reference)
- Case
- 39.8 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- 47.5 mm
- Thickness
- ≈ 9 mm
- Water resistance
- 100 m
- Movement
- Automatic, 1847 MC
- List price
- Not published
Why it scores 52
Proportions and movement are computed from specs. Design details and functions are judged from the brand's official images. How we score
Proportions1.7 / 30
- Case diameter0 / 125.8 mm apart
- Lug-to-lug0.5 / 82.5 mm apart
- Thickness1 / 62.5 mm apart
- Lug width0 / 4Not published, left out
Design signatures22.5 / 40
- Square case with eight exposed bezel screws7 / 14Square case with a flat bevelled bezel in the official images, but the bezel carries no screws; the screws are on the bracelet links.
- Roman numerals on the dial8 / 8Large Roman numerals around the dial in every colourway.
- Railway minute track2.5 / 5A ring of minute ticks with square hour dots sits inside the numerals; it is not a railway track.
- Blued steel hands0 / 5Hands are silver or white and luminous in the images, not blued.
- Wide single-link bracelet tapering toward the clasp3 / 6Wide flat single links that continue the case, with screws; the images do not show a clear taper.
- Date window at 6 o'clock2 / 2Date window at 6 in all eight official images.
Functions and materials18 / 20
- Complications8 / 8Date, as on the original; the dial also has a centre seconds hand.
- Bezel action4 / 4Fixed bezel, no rotating action, as on the original.
- Case and bezel materials4 / 4Stainless steel case and bracelet, as on the original.
- Crystal shape and date window2 / 4Sapphire crystal and a date window at 6; the original's crystal is not recorded in its record.
Movement type10 / 10
- Movement type10 / 10Same movement type.
What reviewers and owners say
We haven't read enough independent reviews of this model to summarise them yet.
Good
- Square steel case with Roman numeral dial
- Eight dial colours
- Sapphire crystal
- Exhibition caseback
- Integrated steel bracelet with screws
Less good
- Only 34 mm wide, much smaller than the original
- 11.5 mm thick
- No screws on the bezel
- Hands are not blued
Versions and colours
- Blue dial, steel braceletIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $234
- Green dial, steel braceletIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $234
- Burgundy dial, steel braceletIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $234
- Silver-white dial, two-tone gold bezel and screws, steel braceletIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $255
- Black dial, steel braceletIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $234
- Champagne-grey dial, steel braceletIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $234
- Silver-white dial, steel braceletIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $234
- Brown dial, steel braceletIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $234
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Sources
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