The horological Noah’s Ark (Part 2)
PORTFOLIO
October 2017
Why is horology so attached to the animal world? Why this love of butterflies, birds, horses and tigers? Not to mention snakes, monkeys and scorpions...
Squaring the circle: 100 years of the Cartier Tank
September 2017
First released a century ago, the iconic timepiece remains just as relevant today. Now, three new models have been released to celebrate its big anniversary.
Watch auctions: three decades of a legend.
HISTORY. PART I
June 2017
In the early 90s, watches at auction could only be found among the general objects to come under the hammer at non-specialist sales. We take a look back in (…)
When grafts don’t take
EDITORIAL
June 2017
It’s not the first time an attempt has been made to graft a Chinese organ onto a Swiss watchmaking body but, once again, the graft has been rejected. Or, (…)
Wrist jewellery (part 1)
PORTFOLIO
June 2017
“After not getting a pay rise for many years, there are better things to spend money on than Swiss wrist jewelry”, wrote Bloomberg in a recent article about (…)
Cartier: a century of design
EXHIBITION
June 2017
The Cartier in Motion exhibition, curated by Lord Norman Foster at the London Design Museum, demonstrated how Cartier watches are objects of engineering and (…)
Portfolio: let’s be slim
SLIM WATCHES ARE MAKING A COMEBACK
March 2017
If you needed a demonstration that time is cyclical, the ebb and flow of trends could serve as useful pointers. After a decade in which watches have (…)
Cartier watches ablaze with animal colours
January 2017
Just in time for SIHH, the luxury brand has developed an innovative artistic technique – “flamed gold” - for its latest Ronde Louis XL timepiece.
SIHH Preview - MONTRE CLÉ DE CARTIER SQUELETTE AUTOMATIQUE
January 2016
PRE-SIHH 2015 - Ronde Louis Cartier Filigree Watch
November 2014
Created in the new Maison des Métiers d’Art on site at La Chaux-de-Fonds, the Ronde Louis Cartier Filigree watch reinvents the centuries-old technique of (…)
Cartier’s Women’s Initiative Awards - 2014 Laureates [Video]
October 2014
The six Laureates of the 2014 Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards were announced today at the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society in Deauville. (…)
PASHA 42MM (SKELETON DRAGON MOTIF) by Cartier
October 2014