Cartier unveils the Tank Chinoise as the sixth chapter in the Cartier Prive Collection, highlighting the iconography of Chinese architecture and interior design. The Tank Chinoise had not been re-envisioned since 2004 when it was redesigned during the CPCP (Collection Prive Cartier Paris) era. The new release unveils the 9627 MC skeleton movement spec [...]

The Cartier Santos-Dumont holds special distinction as not just arguably the worlds first sports watch, but the first mens wristwatch, as well, with an aviation-inspired legacy dating all the way back to 1904. With this in mind, the series has always held a special place in the luxury giants lineup and continues to command enthusiast interest to this day. As part of its [...]

105 years after its introduction, Cartiers Tank has demonstrated a staying power enjoyed by few other watch models. Its safe to say that few, if any, timepieces have remained as true to form for as long as the Tank, thanks to a simple layout that has served as a canvas upon which designers have adapted the Tank to the times. This ability to update the basic design without losing the Tanks essence [...]

For Watches Wonders 2021, Cartier introduces a new chronograph version to the recently revived Pasha family ( hands-on with the new three-hand Cartier Pasha here). Whats new is very much new again across the luxury watch world, as collectors continue to see favorites from the last few decades (or years) come back with facelifts and more modern features. The Pasha [...]

While Cartier has rightly earned its place as an icon in watchmaking, its contributions to haute horlogerie are often far less discussed than designs like the Tank or Santos. While they may fly relatively under the radar, these offerings rarely lack for spectacle, and the brands first haute horlogerie collection of 2021 is no exception. This exclusive b [...]

One of the reasons I admire Cartier timepieces so much is that the company was integral in the creation of the wristwatch industry, to begin with. It was actually around 1904 that Cartier started making mens wristwatches (probably the first company to commercialize them) with the Santos, as a pilots watch. For the next two decades, or so, Cartier exp [...]

For 2020, Cartier has been expanding the still-fresh and highly satisfying Santos collection with new flavors. While the Santos Chronograph is getting a lot of attention given its additional mechanical complexity, this stealthy black variation of the three-hand Santos de Cartier Large Model is a fashionable stunner. There arent that many Cartier watches you can wear wi [...]

It is part of Cartiers strategy to suspend production of products like watches when they are still popular - only to reintroduce them some years later in a new form. Cartier has done this with a number of its iconic models, and it performs the admirable task of making something old look new again. The latest watch collection to get a fresh treatment by t [...]

It may not follow the common formula, but the Cartier Santos-Dumont series is one of the very first purpose-built pilot watches. That name, and the legacy that goes with it, traces back to Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont, one of the very first men ever to fly in an airplane. For Watches Wonders 2020, Cartier turns its focus on Alberto Santos-Dumont wi [...]

Prive is the exclusive collection of resurrected Cartier watches from the brands extensive history. Hardcore Cartier fans will recall the mid-2000s Collection Privee Cartier Paris, while newcomers to the brand will probably remember the 2018 and 2019 Prive models, the Cintree and the Tonneau. 2020 sees the arrival of the Cartier Prive Tank As [...]

The mystery dial is one of the most dramatic styles in watchmaking and continues to capture the imagination of both enthusiasts and laymen alike after over a century of production. Skeleton movements occupy a similar area of visual spectacle in horology, but the two concepts rarely intersect. Cartier delivers a dramatic combination of the two as part of its Watches and Won [...]

Cartier is a name that is synonymous with timeless design. Historically speaking, since the companys inception in 1847, Cartier watches tend to be somewhat reserved in stature and walk the line between utility and fashion. Not one to rest on its laurels, the brand took the 1980s as an opportunity to display novel artistry and incorporate new ae [...]

The Cartier Pasha de Cartier returns with major updates for 2020. Two new sizes and some two dozen variations from basic to extravagant define the new Pasha, right along with notable changes introduced for enhanced wearing comfort and ownership experience.Continue reading

Few modern watchmakers measure up to Cartier when it comes to century-old, yet evergreen, designs. We feel like we could write a book on Cartier watch design evolution - but well spare you that and instead will shift focus right away to the new-for-2020 Cartier Santos-Dumont XL Hand-Wind watch collection, a range [...]

Running now through February 19th at Dover Street Market here in Los Angeles Arts District is an unexpected and totally captivating vintage Cartier exhibition by Harry Fane, who is a British collector, gallerist, and Cartier expert. Dover Street Market is a large retail space that sells brands like Comme des Gar?ons (whose founder, Rei Kawakubo, opened the multi-city sp [...]

Launched at SIHH 2019, the Cartier Santos Skeleton ADLC Noctambule is among the very, very few genuinely new watches of the fair, which I reckon has at least a long shot at raising the pulse of watch-lovers. So many regurgitations, misses, and/or flat-out unattainably priced watches have been launched that the humbly sized, yet boldly styled Nigh [...]

In 2018 Cartier released a totally refreshed version of the Santos which I (correctly) predicted would be a hit with consumers. According to Cartier, the new Santos was the top-selling mens watch for the brand last year, and now the new Santos family has been given a new model for 2019 known as the Cartier Santos Chronograph. So far this is my favorite affordab [...]

The Cartier Crash is a strange, morbid, and fascinating watch. Even as brands bend over backwards to make ever more novel, avant-garde, and unexpected watches, Cartiers twisted-looking Crash watch is still one of the most distinctive designs you will find. Its contorted shape and the story behind it make the Cartier Crash controversial and infamous [...]

Cartier originally released the Drive de Cartier watch collection several years ago in 2015 as a new family of timepieces within the Paris-based luxury brands larger umbrella of products. Like most of Cartiers watch collections the Drive comes in a range of models, including both this elegant two-hand Extra-Flat model and a Drive Tourbillon. As a wat [...]

When Cartier released the previous generation Santos 100 collection in 2004, it was in honor of the 100th anniversary of what is one of the first original watch designs ever created. I reviewed the Cartier Santos 100 here on a couple years ago and still feel very fondly about that model?C but more on that later. Today my focus is on the new Santos de Cartier Large Model t [...]