The new Clé shape/ collection has been Cartier’s focus this year, and we recently shared some photos of the Clé de Cartier Mysterious Hour that was added to January’s base collection. Today is about another Clé launch – the Flying Tourbillon…. Read More ›
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WATCHES & WONDERS 2015 : Cartier Clé de Cartier Mysterious Hour
The new Clé (key) shape was revealed by Cartier at SIHH 2015 and covered earlier by us at this link. There are two distinguishing features to this new collection – the ‘key’ of the name which refers to the new crown… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2015 : Opening Ceremony
With the CEOs and Managing Directors of participating brands in attendance, Fabienne Lupo, President of the Fondation de la Haute horlogerie and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board Dr Peter Lam welcomed guests at the opening ceremony of… Read More ›
CARTIER : Grains of gold on a new Ballon Bleu
It is at Cartier’s Maison des Métiers d’Art at La Chaux-de-Fonds that it develops the ideas and brings together the research and nurturing of crafts that have played an important role in their history when it comes to watches with… Read More ›
CARTIER : Crash Skeleton Platinum
I remember when I first learned about the history of the Crash. It was during an event at the Cartier Sydney boutique and there was a discussion between a guest and Benjamin (then) of Cartier Australia, who even brought out… Read More ›
CARTIER : the Astrotroubillon, now skeletonised
This year Cartier has introduced an attractive new skeletonised version of their Astrotourbillon using the Calibre MC 9461, which is an skeletonised version of the caliber MC 9451. This ‘squelette’ model features a tourbillon cage that circles the dial once… Read More ›
CARTIER : Rêves de Panthères
The name of today’s watch has been translated into ‘Dreams of the Panthers’, but I like to think that perhaps ‘Reverie of the Panthers’ is just as appropriate, as they appear to be daydreaming. This may be, as they say,… Read More ›
CARTIER : the key to a new case
The house of Cartier presented a mindboggling fraction-over-one-hundred new models at SIHH 2015, but obviously there was not time to introduce them all during that brief time, and especially not during the press presentations, which focused on their key pieces… Read More ›
WATCH PROFILE : Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Calendar and Power Reserve
With a large collection such as Cartier’s it can be difficult for those who are looking to buy one of their pieces to know where to start once they’ve managed to narrow it down to their collection of choice. If… Read More ›
CARTIER : A new time for the Rotonde
At Watches & Wonders 2014 Cartier launched a whopping sixteen new novelties and two new movements, mostly additions to existing collection lines, and many of which were presented by Carole Forestier-Kasapi, Head of Fine Watchmaking. Today’s post is about one… Read More ›