Cartier

Cartier is a leading French luxury manufacture of watches and was founded in 1847. Today, Cartier belongs to the Richemont Group (Vacheron Constantin, IWC, Panerai, Piaget). Cartier watches are collected and admired by celebrieties, royals, affluent aficionados and passionate watch collectors alike.

From Paris, With Love: Meet the New Tank Française

In 1996, the Cartier Tank Française joined the legendary Tank collection that was created by Louis Cartier in 1917. As with all previous follow-ups, such as the Tank Américaine or the Tank Must de Cartier, it offered a subtle twist of the highly recognizable design that has appealed to dozens of celebrities over the course...

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Feb 1, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Sponsored: Feel the Heartbeat of the Rado True Square Open Heart

As Valentine’s Day approaches, so does the annual occasion to embrace love in every corner of the world. Taking the opportunity to do so this year is Rado, with the True Square Open Heart. The watch was designed in recognition and celebration of the precious moments and memories that make up every relationship. With two...

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Feb 7, 2023 by WatchTime

TIMEPIECE TIMELINE

The Evolution of the Men’s Wristwatch: A Decade-by-Decade Guide

World War I coincided with the breakthrough of the wristwatch. New and trailblazing designs followed in each subsequent decade. From the WatchTime archives, here are our highlights, from the beginning of the 20th Century to the present day.

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Jan 14, 2023 by Ruediger Bucher

2022 Year in Review: 6 Charged Up Quartz Watches

Continuing our annual recap tradition, today we look back at a handful of innovative and impressive releases that broke onto the scene in 2022. Today we’re covering quartz watches, a category of timepieces not always top-of-mind, but one nonetheless worth its weight when it comes to making waves in the world of watches, especially in...

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Jan 2, 2023 by Caleb Anderson

Sponsored: Artel Rotec Introduces New Sky Series

Independent watchmaker Artel Rotec is introducing its second collection, the Sky Series, this month, with the bold timepiece serving as a worthy follow-up to its V-Series limited edition sports watch lineup. Artel Rotec first formed in 2018, when designer and longtime watch collector Matthew Roknipour launched the brand as a family owned, independent watch company...

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Jan 25, 2023 by WatchTime

THE WATCH LIST

Deco by Design: Six of Our Favorite Watches Inspired by Art Deco

Art Deco, as a descriptor, has become a little overused in the luxe-focused world of watch marketing. Too often, in the absence of a better term, the style is used as a catch-all word for any blend of geometric forms and vintage air. While the verbiage has no doubt worn away its welcome for many,...

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Nov 22, 2022 by WatchTime

FEATURE

Progress Through Technology: 10 Tourbillon Watches with High-Tech Designs

Audi’s "progress through technology" motto also applies to the importance of the tourbillon for watch design, because this eye-catching complication greatly enhances a timepiece’s visual appeal. From our Special Design Issue, here are 10 highly technical tourbillon watches.

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Aug 13, 2022 by Alexander Krupp

TIMEPIECE TIMELINE

10 Milestone Moments in the History of the Wristwatch

Today it is common for a man to wear a watch on his wrist, but it was a different story around 100 years ago. World War I, which started in 1914 and ended in 1918, brought to the battlefield much that was new — airplanes, mustard gas, military tanks. It also brought something new to...

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Aug 3, 2022 by WatchTime

FEATURE

Design With a Bite: Five Timepieces with Animal Allure

Dangerous creatures have always held a magical attraction. In this feature from the WatchTime Special Design Issue 2019, on sale now, we look at five exciting horological creations that reveal this fascination.

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Jun 26, 2022 by Maria-Bettina Eich

The Evolution of a Classic: Santos de Cartier Large Model

The Santos wrote history as the world’s first aviator watch for the wrist. A staple in the Cartier collection for more than a century, it has been redesigned countless times without loosing its signature characteristic, such as the oversized and stretched Roman numerals, the railroad-style minutes track and the bold yet elegant sword-shaped hands. Among...

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May 1, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Cartier Adds Tank Chinoise to Its Privé Collection

Every year Cartier presents an exclusive collector’s edition in the Cartier Privé. This line comprises of legendary watches of the Maison, available exclusively as limited editions. They combine the tradition of Cartier’s watchmaking art with the brand’s contemporary design language. Following the Crash, the Tank Cintrée, the Tonneau, the Tank Asymétrique and the Cloche de...

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Apr 13, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches, Wonders and Some of Our Highlights – WatchTime’s Editors Look Back

The “largest watchmaking summit ever held in Geneva,” Watches and Wonders 2022, closed its doors last Tuesday, with some brands having sold out their new pieces before the event concluded. “With nearly 22,000 unique visitors, including nearly 1,000 journalists who traveled to Geneva for the event, generating more than 30,000 overnight stays, this year’s salon...

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Apr 10, 2022 by WatchTime

The Savoir-faire of Elegance: Cartier Launches Three New Santos-Dumont Timepieces

The Santos de Cartier is truly a symbol of timelessness. It was created by Mr. Louis Cartier himself in 1904 as one of the first wristwatches and a pioneering pilot’s watch for his adventurous friend Alberto Santos-Dumont. 120 years later, the design still embodies modernity, as is demonstrated by the spring-off line aptly christened Santos-Dumont,...

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Apr 8, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

A Watch With Secrets: Cartier Unveils Masse Mystérieuse at Watches & Wonders 2022

Cartier, the undisputed master of mysterious timekeepers and the illusion of flying hands since 1912, when the French Maison partnered with the ingenious watchmaker Maurice Couet, unveils the Masse Mysteriéuse, a spectacular haute-horlogerie wristwatch that makes us rethink the perception of time. Its movement is not only miniaturized into a semi-circle, but also transformed into...

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Mar 30, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Ineichen Auctions: New World Record for Vacheron Constantin

Ineichen Auctioneers’ March 2022 sale, La Vie en Rose, saw two F.P.Journe collectors’ pieces achieve eye-watering hammer prices on March 12: Top lots included the Chronomètre à Résonance Sincere Limited Edition No. 202-RN, which was estimated at CHF 200,000-300,000 and sold for CHF 360’000. Similar success was achieved for the Octa Calendrier Sincere Limited-Edition No....

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Mar 13, 2022 by Roger Ruegger

When in Rome: Five Watches with Roman Numeral Dials

Roman numerals are mostly reserved these days for movie sequels and Super Bowls, but they can still add a hint of elegant classicism to a watch dial, as in the five timepieces we showcase here. BLANCPAIN VILLERET ULTRAPLATE Blancpain’s Villeret series, named for the Swiss village where the manufacture was founded in 1735, is distinguished...

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Jan 26, 2022 by Mark Bernardo

Inevitably Square: Our Century’s Roaring ’20s are Taking Shape, but Will Art Deco Come with It?

If you can believe it, it’s the 2020s. With this new decade and its familiar historical parallels of global turmoil like that seen a century ago in the times of the Spanish Flu, a rising, not-so-quiet chorus of whispers have been circulating about a collective cultural recall for the good times that followed then, and with...

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Oct 2, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Cartier Rolls Out A Tank for the People, Reviving the ’70s and Debuting a New Solar Movement

Few watch brands demonstrate such universally recognized elegance as Cartier. With watches just as popular among men as they are among women, and delicate styles that straddle the fine lines between jewelry, watch, and fashion-accessory, the French maison speaks to a wide and appreciative audience. This year, in an effort to grow that discussion, and...

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Apr 12, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

2020, The Watch Year in Review: 7 Scintillating Skeleton Watches

It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch launches despite the huge obstacles posed by the pandemic and its effects on the world economy. As we look ahead hopefully to 2021, it’s time for our...

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Dec 31, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

A Tank for the Memories: Cartier Privé Collection Adds Vintage-Inspired Tank Asymétrique

French watch and jewelry king Cartier always makes a splash with its annual releases, and this year the brand has already surprised many with the return of its 1980s classic, the Pasha, and its updated, revitalized Santos collection. Yet for all the attention these new models have received, much discussion of the maison’s most notable...

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May 6, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

’80s Redux: The Return of the Cartier Pasha

Cartier, long known for producing timepieces that captured the stylish zeitgeist of their respective eras, grabbed the watch world’s attention in the go-go 1980s with the introduction of the Pasha in 1985, a watch based on a historical model from 1932. The model’s intriguing story continues this year with the introduction at Watches & Wonders...

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Apr 28, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE:

First Watch: U.S. Presidents and Their Timepieces

WatchTime shares, in this feature on U.S. presidents and their watches, what brands graced the wrists and waistcoasts of our chief executives, such as Lincoln's Waltham pocketwatch, JFK's Omega Ultra Thin and Bill Clinton's Cartier Ballon Bleu.

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Feb 17, 2020 by Norma Buchanan

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