1991 Cartier Paris Crash
The Crash is that sole watch whose trajectory best encapsulates the last two decades of watch collecting as a whole. In the year…
Slate Dial 2960 Cartier Santos Carrée
Before Cartier became fully married to quartz in the late 80s and well before the CPCP-era that resurrected their mechanical watchmaking, one or…
Chinese Dial Cartier CPCP Tank Cintrée Dual Time
China has 160 cities with over a million people. Their intense public transport spending has meant the entire country is connected by high…
Cartier Privé Cloche
Some watches just make sense. The 1016 Explorer, that’s a design that makes sense. The Speedmaster too, seems like someone thought about it.…
Cartier Tank Cintrée 100th Anniversary
Last week, I had to buy a new desk chair. This is a thrilling start, I know. But in the modern age that…
Cartier Privé Asymetrique in Platinum
It seems like a simple idea: take 12 and, instead of aligning it to the top of a watch, align it to the…
1 of 100 Middle East Edition Cartier Santos Dumont
Cartier have a long and storied history of quietly creating limited unique variants for particularly loyal VIP groups, markets, or even singular collectors.…
Cartier Movado Super Sub Sea M95
The majority of quotes, particularly on social media, I find meaningless and unapplicable. One which has repeated with me through life, though, comes…
Cartier CPCP 2846 Tank Monopoussoir
You may be forgiven for imagining that the Tortue was Cartier’s only design to receive that spectacular THA ébauche monopusher chronograph during the…
Cartier Privé Asymetrique in Rose Gold
Have you ever visited a modern art museum and been stunned by the simplicity of an exhibit? Not in the way you would…
‘Paris Platinum’ Cartier Crash
Walking around any major city with a truly exceptional watch on wrist is a bit like walking down the street holding a Van…
Cartier CPCP 1575 Santos Dumont
A bastion of utility with elegant design in the modern era, the Santos Dumont is what a pilot’s watch looks like when dressed…
1575 Cartier Santos-Dumont 90th Anniversary
Last week, John Mayer wrote an excellent short piece for the big H on 5 neo-vintage watches we ought to be paying attention…
Cartier CPCP Tank Louis in Platinum
Where exquisite design meets considered watchmaking, great things happen. This is perhaps no more evident than Cartier’s 1998 Paris Collection Privee (CPCP) era.…