Is the Cartier 1567 the same as the Santos Galbée?

Yes. The 1567 is the small Santos Galbée, about 24 × 35 mm. Auction records use both "Santos" and "Santos Galbée" for the reference, so cataloguing terms are not perfectly consistent.

What movement does the Santos 1567 have?

It is a Swiss quartz, time-only watch. The best-documented movement is Cartier calibre 157 T, with four jewels, showing hours and minutes. Some dealers claim automatic examples exist, but that should be checked against the individual watch's movement and caseback. No base movement, power reserve or battery specification is documented.

How big is the Santos 1567?

Published dimensions are approximately 24 mm wide and 35 mm long including lugs. The 24 mm figure is the case's approximate maximum width, since the case is a rounded square. Thickness is disputed: one appraisal lists 6 mm and an auction listing gives approximately 9–10 mm. Lug width is not reliably documented.

What is the Cartier Santos 1567 worth?

Recent recorded sales for steel examples span roughly $1,900–$4,100, with many clustering around $2,500–$3,600. Two-tone examples have sold at roughly $2,100–$3,900. Recorded 2025–2026 results range from about $1,890 to $4,119. These are not a formal price guide: some figures include buyer's premium and some do not, and condition and completeness decide where a watch falls.

How does the Santos 2961 relate to the 1567?

The 2961 is the earlier form: a flat, square, usually automatic Carrée against the 1567's curved Galbée case and usual quartz movement, and the two were made side by side for about a decade. No Cartier documentation of a succession was found, and no successor to the 1567 is established.

Cartier Santos 1567

The small quartz Santos Galbée with no documented generations, so each watch is priced by its own condition and originality.

Production: Late 1980s–at least 2008
Case: Steel or steel and 18k gold
Size: Approx. 24 × 35 mm
Bezel: Eight visible screws
Crown: Blue cabochon
Crystal: Sapphire on later examples
Dial: Silver, white, champagne, grey
Hands: Blued sword
Movement: Quartz, Cal. 157 T
Jewels: 4
Function: Hours and minutes

The Cartier Santos 1567 was produced from the late 1980s to at least 2008.

Production years: Late 1980s–at least 2008
Movement: Quartz, Cal. 157 T
Price: Indicative median ≈ $2,000

The Cartier Santos 1567 is a reference in which the individual watch, not the model's history, sets the price. Recorded 2025–2026 auction results for the same small quartz Santos Galbée run from about $1,890 to $4,119, and no documented sequence of production changes explains the gap. A 1996 steel-and-yellow-gold example with papers sold for roughly $2,169 with a spotted dial and visible wear, while a 2000 example reached $3,840. Buyer's premium is treated differently from sale to sale, but the spread is too wide for that alone to account for it.

The 1567 is the Galbée Santos in its most compact form, about 24 mm wide and 35 mm long, in steel or in steel with 18k gold. The rounded-square case, eight visible bezel screws and blue cabochon crown define the look, under a dial that ranges from silver and white to champagne and grey. Where the movement is identified it is Cartier calibre 157 T, a four-jewel quartz that shows hours and minutes only.

Cartier's own start and end dates for the reference are not documented. Specialist dealers cite 1987, the earliest dated examples are from 1990, and records continue through at least 2008, with warranty or catalogue dates reaching 2012 on some steel-and-gold watches. The flat-sided, automatic Santos Carrée 2961 is the earlier form, and it stayed in production alongside the Galbée into the late 1990s.

“No documented generations sort the 1567, so each watch is worth what its own life has left of it.”

Production timeline

Cartier Santos 1567 production years: Late 1980s–at least 2008

The chronology is built from watches, not from a Cartier document. Dealers give 1987; the dated examples fall in 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005 and 2008. The 2005 date comes from marketplace listings and the 2012 date from warranty or catalogue records on steel-and-gold watches. Both record when a watch was sold or papered, not when Cartier made it, so neither moves the end date.

What separates the 1567 from the 2961 is visible at a glance: a flat, square, automatic Carrée case on one side, a softened, curved Galbée case that is usually quartz on the other. Collectors read that as a later redesign, and the watches bear it out. Cartier's reason for the new case and for the quartz movement is not documented, and the changeover is undated, so the inference stops there.

Inside the run the record is quiet to the point of being a finding. A silver-dial steel watch recorded in 1990 and another recorded in 2008 are catalogued in the same terms, eighteen years apart, with no documented sequence of movement, hardware or dial changes between them. Metal and dial colour overlap rather than succeed one another: a dark-champagne steel-and-gold watch dates to around 1990, a champagne one to around 2000. A reference that stood still this long leaves a collector nothing to date by, which is why wear, not generation, ends up deciding what each watch is worth.

c. 1987
Dealer-cited launch
Small Galbée case, quartz
1990
Earliest dated examples
Silver dial, eight screws, blue crown
1995
Grey dial
Grey dial, Roman numerals
1996
Two-tone with papers
Gold bezel, gold bracelet screws
2000
Rose-gold and strap
White dial; Cal. 157 on one
2008
Latest auction record
Steel, silver dial

How to tell it apart

1567 against its neighbours

The 2961, the flat-sided Carrée that stayed in production alongside the Galbée into the late 1990s, and the 2960, its automatic Carrée sibling, frame the 1567. Both are automatics, and the 1567 stands apart as the quartz.

	2960 Automatic Carrée sibling c. 1978–c. 1990s	2961 Earlier flat-sided Carrée, made alongside the Galbée early 1980s–late 1990s	This reference 1567 Cartier · focal Late 1980s–at least 2008
Production	c. 1978–c. 1990s	early 1980s–late 1990s	Late 1980s–at least 2008
Case	Steel or 18k gold	Steel and 18k yellow gold	Steel or steel and 18k gold
Movement	Automatic	Automatic	Quartz, Cal. 157 T

Case metal and dial executions

Eight case metal and dial executions across the run

The all-steel 1567 is the plain version: steel case and bracelet, a silvered dial with black Roman numerals, blued sword hands, eight bezel screws and a blue cabochon crown. A steel watch recorded in 1990 and another in 2008 both appear in the record, so the metal alone dates nothing. Recent recorded sales for steel examples span roughly $1,900–$4,100, with many clustering around $2,500–$3,600. No universal price hierarchy among the metal configurations is established, so each watch is judged on its own gold content, originality and condition.

Buying guide

What to check before buying a 1567

Buying a 1567 carries a particular risk: there is no documented production window or sequence of changes to check a watch against, and even thickness is disputed, at 6 mm in one appraisal and roughly 9–10 mm in an auction listing. Value therefore depends on what the individual watch has been through, and the usual deductions are over-polishing, dial spotting, bracelet stretch, battery leakage and replaced parts. For a buyer who wants a compact, quartz, rounded-square Santos at low-to-mid four-figure money, patience about condition is the whole strategy: an unpolished example with its bracelet and papers can sell for roughly twice what a tired one fetches.

Case polish

Inspect the curve of the Galbée case, the bezel shape, the screw recesses and the lug transitions. Heavy polishing rounds the case, softens the screw recesses, erases serial markings and removes the brushed-and-polished contrast.

Quartz module

Have a specialist inspect the movement, battery compartment and circuit for corrosion or non-original parts; battery leakage is the major risk in neglected quartz watches. A running movement does not prove water resistance, so ask for documented gasket, crown and caseback work.

Dial and hands

Check the printing, Roman numerals, the signature in the X, the minute track and the handset shape. Dial spotting and moisture damage lower the price, and a refinished or replaced dial can look attractive while materially reducing collector value.

Bracelet and gold

Check the Cartier clasp, link construction, screw heads, stretch and missing links; a worn or mixed bracelet can cost more to replace than expected. On two-tone watches, confirm the gold is genuine and not plated or replaced, and look for thinning on contact surfaces and bracelet edges.

Papers and service

A box, papers, spare links and a recent Cartier service support the upper end of the range, but only when serial, reference, retailer and dates match the watch. A seller's certificate of authenticity is not Cartier archival or service documentation. Request the service invoice to learn whether the dial, hands, bracelet or case parts were replaced.

Measurements

The 24 × 35 mm figure is the safe general size, but 35 mm may be total length or lug-to-lug depending on the seller. Ask for straight-on and side-profile measurements of the specific watch.

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Price and value

Cartier Santos 1567 price and value

A Cartier Santos 1567 sells for about $2,000 at the median, typically $1,800 to $2,400 across 14 comparable sales.

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Cartier Santos 1567 for sale

Indicative figures from recent dealer, auction, and Grey Market sales (updated this week). Every watch is verified before it sells here.

Median

≈ $2,000

Typical range

$1,800–$2,400

Comparables

Confidence

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Each point is a recent dealer or auction sale, banded to an indicative figure. The range shown is not a valuation.

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Common questions about the 1567

The Cartier Santos 1567 was produced from the late 1980s through at least 2008. Specialist dealers cite a 1987 introduction, and the earliest dated examples are from 1990. Later records include 2005 marketplace listings, a 2008 auction example and warranty or catalogue dates reaching 2012 on some steel-and-gold watches. These document individual watches and sales, not Cartier's own production cutoff, which is not established.

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