Returning your unwanted Valentine’s gifts and treat yourself to some well deserve luxurious items…
So last week I attended the presentation of the new Cartier collection in their prestigious Brussels boutique. To be honest, Cartier is not where I do my usual Saturday shopping but it was interesting to see what they had to offer and to get some more knowledge about watches…
From what I understood, Cartier watches are like women… You have the ones with the little complications and those with the big complications. And like with women, only a big man can handle big complications…
Does all this seems too complicated to you??
Ok… The “complication” is actually the term used to describe the mechanism of the watch. The vast majority of watches you see are made of around 30 pieces or less… Well a Cartier watch can have up to around 457 pieces which are all hand assembled. Talking about complication..! For example the Cartier Rotonde Jumping Hours watch on the top first picture has 217 pieces.
Of course, like a complicate woman, a Cartier watch is not for all budget… Their range starts from 2000 euros to… Well the most expensive I had the pleasure to see that day was around 140.000 euro…
As you can imagine only a few people will have the privilege of wearing a Cartier watch… But that shouldn’t stop us from appreciating the work and craftsmanship behind the name…
Here is a little video showing you just how intricate their watches are:
