Established by Louis-Francois Cartier in, Cartier is one of the leading brands in the luxury goods marketing the world. Louis Cartier, the grandson of Louis-Francois Cartier, promoted the timepiece collection with the Santos in and it was the beginning of the company’s run in fashion watch making. The absolute perfection of the forms devised and designed by the jeweler combined with the movements belonging to the realms of high horology has always been the secret of success of Cartier watches.
Brand history of Cartier
The House of Cartier was initially a jewelry boutique. Over the years his wonderful skill and fine craftsmanship traveled the world and his ambitious grandsons Louis, Pierre and Jaques masterfully managed the business opening boutiques in Paris, London and New York. The models like “Santos”, “Tank” and “Pasha” helped to earn worldwide fame of Cartier timepieces over the last century. Cartier watches are always concentrated on the relationship between form and movement, aesthetics and technology, technique and art. The very first watches came out in the House of Cartier archives as early as included the classic fob watch. In the Cartier was provided with the clock movements by some of the renowned names in watch making at that time, including Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin. Similarly the master names in the world of watch making like Bredillard, Dragonneau and Prevost freely supplied Cartier with their own clock and watch movements.
Cartier watch collections
Some of the famous models of Cartier watches include:
Cartier Tank: The Tank is a line of watch collections introduced by Cartier. It was crafted by Louis Cartier in 1917 and highly inspired by the new Renault tanks which Cartier noticed in use on the Western Front and the prototype watch was offered by Cartier to General John Pershing of the American Expeditionary Force. There are, at present, more than 30 variants of Tank watch, in automatic as well as quartz versions, and it has also inspired numerous copies with its classic design. Cartier introduced the model Tank Francais in.
The design was so gorgeous that encouraged Jean-Charles de Castelbajac to say: “If all tanks were made by Cartier, we would have the time to live in peace”. Cartier Pasha: Cartier Pasha watches feature a perfect combination of stylish appearance and sporty appeal. The range of these Cartier collections is available in automatic, chronograph and quartz movements. Made from materials varying from stainless steel to solid gold and available with diamond bezels and dials shaped from the finest Cartier diamonds, the Pasha series is unique in their form and function. The famous model of Pasha Chronograph, inspired by an early 1943’s model of a divers watch, was launched in.
Cartier Santos: Cartier crafted a special watch for his friend Santos Dumont, the pioneer Brazilian aviator. The bracelet watch “Santos” was introduced in the market in. Apart from the above-mentioned models, some other famous Cartier collections include Cartier Baignoire, Cartier Lanieres, Cartier Must, Cartier Panthere, Cartier Roadster, Cartier Tortue.