In recent years Cartier, the king of haute joaillerie, has begun storming the bastions of haute horlogerie. In this full-length feature from our October 2010 issue, WatchTime’s Joe Thompson explores the intriguing origins and bold future initiatives of Manufacture Cartier. In April 2008, Cartier startled the watch world with the introduction of its first ever [...]

 

There are watches and there are watches. Included in the second category are pieces so technically extravagant, so hyper-engineered that they belong to a very special club. Their prices are stratospheric. Hardly anyone will ever own one. But they are fascinating nonetheless. As always, this year’s SIHH fair in Geneva in January brought out a [...]

 

Cartier’s ultra-complicated Rotonde de Cartier Double Mystery Tourbillon stole the show at this year’s SIHH (a detailed report on that model appears in our current issue), but Cartier, as per usual, released a slew of other new timepieces as well. Not to be overlooked is the Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Perpetual Calendar Chronograph, the first [...]

 

The 2013 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) was held last week in Geneva. And unlike its larger counterpart in Basel, this watch fair is mostly closed to the public. To give our WatchTime fans a glimpse of what goes on in those hallowed halls of horology, we’ve compiled a slideshow of photos, taken [...]

 

At watch-insider.com, WatchTime contributor Alexander Linz takes a look at some of Cartier’s highlights from SIHH, including the revival of the brand’s Les Heures Mysterieuses collection. To see more of the collection, click HERE. Receive all the blog posts and breaking news from WatchTime for free! Sign up to our free daily alert and get [...]