Perhaps you’re thinking, “Why did these big-name watchmakers need the help of a jeweller?” and the truth is because these big-name watchmakers were in big trouble. More often than not these items were made by third-party watchmakers and supplied with the jeweller’s name stamped on the dial.įor Cartier, that list included Patek Philippe, Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-LeCoultre-and many, many more.

Mr Rainero is quite clear in stating that Cartier’s focus is, to this day, style, formed from an aesthetic language rather than an engineering one.īut a jewellery store, Louis Cartier’s included, wasn’t just a place that sold jewellery it stocked an array of fine things, including clocks and pocket watches. We’ll start not specifically with the Pasha, but with a question of its very existence: should jewellers be making watches? Cartier is and always has been unabashedly a jeweller, founded in 1847 by a jeweller’s apprentice, Louis-François Cartier, who very firmly believed in the beauty of style.

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