Tag: cartier
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Time to Shine: Dazzling Timepieces for Summer 2025
This season’s visually stunning timepieces lend glamour to your summer ensemble. Text by Renyi Lim Chopard Jewellery Watches Since its foundation in 1860, Chopard’s storied history has been defined by milestones of innovation, craftsmanship, and artistic excellence, cementing the Maison’s reputation as ‘Masters of Jewellery Watches’. From the brilliant-cut and baguette diamond-set designs of the…
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A FINE LINE BETWEEN CRAFT AND SENSE
Solitaire gets an exclusive look at one of Cartier’s modern high jewellery masterpieces: the Alaxoa necklace from the latest Sixième Sens Par Cartier collection. How does one perceive the sixth sense? For Cartier, it is a stirring of emotions, sparked by a stimulation of all senses, that can only be felt intimately and intuitively. That…
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CLASH GOES BOLD
Clash [Un]Limited cuff bracelet, reversible, white gold, onyx, diamonds Clash [Un]Limited ring, medium model, white gold, diamonds Cartier introduces the Clash [Un]limited range, a Clash de Cartier capsule collection that is all about bold shapes, colour, and attitude Clash de Cartier crashed onto the jewellery scene not too long ago and introduced a jolt of…
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SERVING DRAMA: HIGH JEWELLERY COLLECTIONS FOR 2021
A selection of dramatic standouts from the new high jewellery collections of the worlds most magnificent maisons CHOPARD Paradise Paradise, Chopard’s next Red Carpet Collection, is the realization of a theme near and dear to the brand – the unspoilt, generous, and sublime beauty of Nature. Caroline Scheufele, co-president of Chopard, drew inspiration from the…
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THE PANTHÈRE PROWLS ON
Cartier and the image of the panther are inseparable. The icon and the Maison have co-existed in harmony, inspiring each other whether through design or character. From its first appearance as spot motifs on a watch in 1914, followed by a figurative representation in 1917, to a fully fleshed out creature in three dimensions in…
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PARIS HAUTE COUTURE WEEK GOES VIRTUAL
Paris Haute Couture Week is one of the most important weeks in the global fashion and jewellery industry’s calendars. However, this year’s unfortunate events threw a curveball at everything. In addition to fashion shows having no choice but to go digital, the Parisian world of high jewellery followed suit and went virtual for the first…
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UNAPOLOGETICALLY FEMALE
A selection of women’s watches blessed with beauty, grace, and style – and a dose of sparkle for good measure PATEK PHILIPPE GONDOLO REF. 4972G-001 White gold, guilloched mother-of-pearl dial, 130 diamonds patek.com VACHERON CONSTANTIN HEURES CRÉATIVES HEURE ROMANTIQUE White gold, mother of pearl dial, diamonds vacheron-constantin.com CARTIER LA PANTHÈRE Yellow gold,…
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A CONVERSATION WITH FRANCESCA CARTIER BRICKELL
by Smitha Sadanandan Francesca Cartier Brickell Francesca Cartier Brickell has quite a fascinating tale to tell. Ten years ago, she discovered in her grandfather’s cellar a “battered old trunk full of hundreds of long-lost letters, dating back over a century.” She realised that she couldn’t simply shut the trunk and leave them there. “This was…
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IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
No fancy movements or embellishments here. These watches are all about clean design and good old-fashioned timekeeping. PATEK PHILIPPE GOLDEN ELLIPSE What the Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse lacks in complication (all you really have are hour and minute hands), it makes up for with a sense of inner harmony that radiates an irresistible visual satisfaction.…
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THE SECRET WORLD OF SECRET WATCHES
Double duty stunners that blur the line between the utilitarian nature of timekeeping and jewellery’s fabulous frivolity CARTIER Inspired by flowing waves, this high jewellery timepiece from Cartier is a calming vision of blues, greens, and iridescent reflections. In the centre is a 39.57-carat opal, while diamonds and strings of blue and green tourmaline beads…
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IN EXCESS
Why be feeble when you can be fabulous? Let these big, beautiful, and excessively opulent earrings get you on the right track. Palmiero’s “Rays of Sun” collection is all about curves and sinuous movement, which is dramatically achieved in this pair of earrings. It features a mixture of rose gold and white diamonds. Two oval…
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CARTIER CELEBRATES CHINESE CULTURE WITH NEW EXHIBITION
From 1 June to 31 July, Cartier and The Palace Museum in Beijing are presenting Beyond Boundaries: Cartier and The Palace Museum Craftsmanship and Restoration Exhibition at the museum’s Meridian Gate Gallery. Following the success of Cartier Treasures – Jeweller to Kings, King of Jewellers, which was staged a decade ago, this cultural event celebrates…