Haute jeweller and timepiece producer Cartier has recently announced the release of four new limited edition Crash models, a line with a significant history. First introduced in 1967 by Cartier London, many chronograph aficionados are under the impressions that the inspiration for the Cartier Crash came from the world of surreal art, namely Salvador Dali’s […]

Revolutionizing the world of world traveller’s chronographs, the Ballon Bleu de Cartier Tourbillion Double Jumping Second Time Zone watch has been designed to be more like a regulator.  It has a central minute hand, but features two jumping hour counters, one of which is for starting-point time and the other is for local time.  The […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day selected by Carmelo Anthony is the Rotonde de Cartier Perpetual Calendar Chronograph. This timepiece is a preview of what Cartier will debut at SIHH for 2013. The Rotonde de Cartier Perpetual Calendar Chronograph features a perpetual calendar that indicates long periods of time along with a chronograph which […]

Luxury jewelers watchmakers Van Cleef & Arpels and Cartier are suing a NYC “luxury watch shop” in the city’s Diamond District for allegedly selling old, damaged and refurbished timepieces from the two companies as “brand new”.  The refurbished watches were fetching prices as high as $85,000. Van Cleef & Arpels and Cartier are seeking to […]

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Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is Carmelo Anthony’s pick and it is the Cartier ID Two Concept Watch. This amazing timepiece has been engineered by the Cartier research teams to create something that may replace the mainstream practice in watchmaking for future Cartier designs and the watch industry alike. The Cartier ID Two […]

Jackie O, Princess Diana, Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly: Cartier’s tank watch has graced the wrists of some of the most well known beauties of our time. It remains one of the fabled jewelry house’s best selling watches. The original was launched in 1919, and most say it drew inspiration from the square cockpit view its […]

CRYSTAL MAGIC: CARTIER PRESENTS THE ASTROTOURBILLON CARBON CRYSTAL In the male-dominated, testosterone-fueled world of watches and watchmaking, it’s easy to think that the imagination and drive to innovate must be an exclusively male domain. But one of the most creative and fertile minds in the watchmaking world belongs to Carole Forestier, who currently plies her […]

Millions of tourists visit Switzerland every year for its famous Alpine ski resorts and five-star spas on pristine lakes, but watch lovers know another Switzerland that combines the thrill of horological discovery with breathtaking scenery. Instead of the resorts and casinos of Lugano or the glamour and excitement of St. Moritz and Gstaad, they are […]

Swiss luxury conglomerate Richemont exhibited strong growth in 2012, despite significant investments and the heavy tariffs imposed on its goods by Chinese regulators. As the owner of several luxury brands including Cartier, Richemont is second only to LVMH in the scale of its luxury operations. For the first half of 2012, Richemont’s profits increased between […]

Jack Forster reviews the latest from Cartier, the Astrotourbillon Carbon Crystal.

The CEO of Richemont subsidiary Van Cleef & Arpels Stanislas de Quercize will be replacing Bernard Fornas as chief executive of theCartier. Fornas is scheduled to retire at the end of the year. Cartier is the largest luxury brand owned by Richemont, which is expanding into emerging markets including Brazil and China. Other brands owned by […]

There's no doubt that it's one of the most imitated (if not the most imitated) watches in the world: the Cartier Tank, first introduced in 1918, has a shape which probably millions would recognize without necessarily realizing that it is a specific watch, by a particular company, made at a very particular point in time.

There are now as many supermodels as super watches heating up the scene at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva. Eva Herzigova, Helen Svedin and Adriana Lima were all spotted during the weeklong festivities in January, as were notables such as Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen and Ewan McGregor. But the spotlight never […]

Cartier, the jeweler whose clientele have included the actress Elizabeth Taylor and the tsar of Russia , says they are pulling ahead of luxury rivals with watches that match the tenor of the times for less brazen exhibits of wealth. Cartier is gaining market share in part because the financial slowdown is steering customers to […]