Eight watches for time travellers

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Great design is timeless; but it should also be a distillation of the spirit of its age, whether we’re talking about architecture, furniture, fashion or, in this case, the latest crop of watches, which reference icons of bygone decades.

Cartier has a Dual Time Santos that harks back to its first ever square wristwatch, complete with distinctive visible screws. Created…