Luxury auction house Sotheby’s are set to auction off several rare watche and clocks, including Cartier, Asprey, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Greubel Forsey, Vacheron Constantin, and Patek Philippe timepieces. The lots will go under the gavel as part of the upcoming Important Watches including Magnificent Clocks from an Important Private Collection auction, taking place in Hong Kong on April 7th. The […]

Luxury watchmakers Richard Mille have teamed up with independent verification authorities Trusted.com to track their timepieces in an effort to combat the sale of counterfeits. The announcement is just the latest move from the Swiss watchmaking industry against counterfeiters, with luxury conglomerate Richemont recently taking producers of fake Cartier watches to court for in a […]

Presenting your significant other with one of these glittering jewelry watches on Valentine’s Day is the ultimate way to show how much you love her – really love her. The makers of these watches are masters of the art. Not only is each gem in these watches individually chosen for color and clarity match, each […]

Lee Schrager, Vice President of Corporate Communications and National Events at Southern Wine & Spirits oversees operations in 35 different states and is widely known as the man who started the red-hot South Beach and New York Wine and Food Festivals. This year, he is taking his love of food to film by curating a […]

Luxury conglomerate Richemont have reportedly reached an agreement with Chinese jewelry company Chow Tai Fook to distribute Baume & Mercier watches throughout China. China Retail News reports that Richemont, which owns haute horlogerie brands like Jaeger-LeCoultre, Cartier, Roger Dubuis, Montblanc and Vacheron Constantin, will expand their market share of luxury watch sales. China Retail News cites a […]

Cartier, the brand with all the buzz this year, made a virtuoso display of watchmaking prowess at the 2013 SIHH. The brand introduced no less than 110 new models, including 40 high jewelry pieces, eight models in its Metiers d’art collection and five (five!) new in-house movements. The most important of these is the 1904-CH […]

Last week at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, Cartier had something for everyone in their new collections for 2013. The luxury watchmakers unveiled Mysterious timepieces for the men, while their new animal-theme jeweled timepieces captured the hearts of ladies everywhere. Here, we have your first look: The Rotonde de Cartier Mysterious Hours timepiece begins with […]

We feature numerous Cartier watches, including this Calibre Multi Time Zone timepiece. Second to telling the time where you live, the most useful function a watch can have is the ability to tell you the time wherever else you might be. Travelers used to jet setting with a dedicated “world time” watch often never go […]

There’s a new spectacular piece from Cartier and it’s limited to just 25 pieces. The Calibre de Cartier Grande Complication shows off the watch’s bare skeleton so you can see all the movement and mechanics, making it worth every penny of the $510,000 cost. The platinum casing is complimented by an alligator strap and despite […]

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 […]

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 […]

Last week I had the luxury of spending two days with Carlos A. Rosillo, CEO of Bell & Ross, and his team to do a company profile on the haute brand. On Friday, I had the luxury of spending most of the day in the Place Vendôme area, which is one of the most spectacular […]

Chinese buyers proved their economic clout in Paris Thursday at an auction of watches owned by French actor and film idol Alain Delon. Auction house Cornette de Saint-Cyr said that the sale brought in $590,300 as collectors and fans bid in excitement and Chinese buyers bid via phone. Delon was not present for the sale of […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Richemont Group, owner of brands such as Cartier, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Van Cleef & Arples, and Vacheron Constantin declared their financial results for Q4 on the same day they opened Salon International De La Haute Horolgie (SIHH) show in Geneva. There was a sturdy growth in sales across the board, with America up 24% over last […]