It was enlightening - in more ways than one - to attend Watches & Wonders, in Geneva last month. Focused on high end luxury watchmaking, this trade show has been running for over 3 decades.
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Had an unexpectedly fascinating experience recently. Visiting a watchmaker to discuss antique Cartier watches, we ended up taking apart a few of them.
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What an incredible trip to the land of pearls. Almost seems surreal.
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One hundred and ten years ago, Jacques Cartier arrived in Bahrain for the first time. “My dear Louis,” he wrote home to his brother, “if I have understood correctly, the most important mission bestowed on me during this trip to the East is to investigate the pearl market and to report back on the most effective way for us to purchase pearls.”
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One of my favourite stories from the early days of Cartier in 13 Rue de la Paix is the one I unexpectedly discovered about Madame Ricaud, the first woman to work in the building.
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If someone had told me a few years ago that my book would be in Le Monde and @lefigarofr (the same week no less) I would never have believed it.
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Super exciting to open @lemondefr this weekend and discover this full page review of Les Cartier (2nd image)!
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Launching Les Cartier in Paris 📕
#lescartier #thecartiers #cartierparis #cartier #cartierfamily #cartierjewelry #artcurial #paris
La première critique de ‘Les Cartier’ est sortie aujourd'hui!
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A little piece of beauty for the weekend. It’s started off as a very wet one over here so thought we could do with some of that Indian-sunshine inspiration that Jacques Cartier brought back from his trips to the East.
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In 1904, when the 29-year-old Louis Cartier sat, or rather proudly reclined, for this sketch by the well-known artist Emile Friant, he was on his way up in the world.
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Fun - and rather surreal - for this to land on the doorstep!
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Like so many, I've been shaken and really saddened by the death of Queen Elizabeth II. What an incredible monarch, and indeed person - in so many ways.
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Design inspiration - going behind the scenes in Jacques Cartier’s library… #jewelrydesigners #cartierlondon #bandeau #diamondjewellery #jacquestheodulecartier #jewellerydesign #cartierjewelry
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A taster of today's 'Royal Rivals' talk @smithsonian .
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In celebration of the platinum jubilee, here’s the story behind this necklace that the 25-year- #QueenElizabethII wore 70 years ago in her first official portraits as the new Queen (image credit @royalcollectiontrust )
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From the moment I met the legendary Cartier designer Alfred Durante, he welcomed me like family.
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It’s not often one has the time to really slow down and sit and listen - and learn - for days, rather than minutes, at a time.
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With just 1min and 3 seconds of today’s online @loupethis auction to go, the world record making bid for a #Cartierwatch was made…it was a #cartierlondon #crashwatch
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