Cartier was found in 1847 by Louis-Francois Cartier. Less than 30 years later, in 1874, Cartier’s son, Alfred, took over the running of the company. Yet, it was the grandsons of Louis-Francois, Louis, Pierre, and Jacques, who really made the name Cartier as popular as it is today.


The Cartier’s retained the ownership and the direction of the company until 1964 when the sons of Jacques and Louis and the daughter of Pierre sold the business. Yet, this did not last for very long. Between the years of 1974 and 1976 Cartier and its affiliates in New York City and London were bought back by the Cartier family.


Cartier now has some of their largest and most luxurious stores in New York, Waikiki, San Francisco, Tokyo, Boston, Beverly Hills, Paris, London, Vancouver, and Shanghai.


The Cartier brand is known for extravagant, elegant and luxurious jewelry and watches. Currently, they have collections of purses and bags, watches, fragrances, pens, eyewear, lighters, clocks, cufflinks, scarves, rings, necklaces, earrings, and other pieces of jewelry.


Cartier’s watches cost in the thousands and tens of thousands of dollars, ranging from the just over a thousand all the way up to nearly one hundred thousand dollars. Their pieces are not to be taken lightly and are for people who are looking for the absolute best in fine timepieces.


Many of the finer Cartier wristwatches are very stylized with ornate designs and surprising colors. Their collections range from these quite artistic watches to the simple yet fine classic watches.


Cartier has many watch collections. Its collections include the Collection Privee Cartier Paris, Cartier D’art, Declaration, Lanieres, La Dona de Cartier, Santos de Cartier, Ballerine, Baignoire, and Ronde Louis Cartier – to name but a few.


Collection Privee Cartier Paris entails 53 watches that encompass the basic, sleek, black and white look of the modern businessman. Most of the watches in this collection have an 18 carat pink gold face with an alligator band. They also have a water resistance of 100 feet.


The Cartier D’art collection has an almost exotic feel to it. These beautiful, specially-made watches with intricate designs of animals and landmarks from across the world are definitely one of a kind. One watch, is exclusive to the country of Russia (the Santos 100) and is made with an 18 carat yellow gold octagonal crown with diamonds. It has a drawing of the Kremlin in the face with three diamonds inside. It’s also made with a blue alligator strap and has a water resistance of 100 feet.


Lastly, the La Dona de Cartier collection is a decadent array of feminine yet bold watches. Watches in this collection have light pink and dark red bands and 18 carat white and yellow gold bracelets, some of which are set with diamonds. All of these have the same basic design with an octagonal crown, with two different sizes. They also have a water resistance of 100 feet.

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