Cartier jewelry found - louis francois cartier“The Jeweller of kings”

Louis-François Cartier founded his company in 1847. After inheriting the workshop where he used to work. He started designing jewellery for the rich and well to do in the capitol of style and luxury Paris. The company expanded with his son Alfred Cartier and his three son’s Jacque, Pierre and Louis Francois.

Soon Cartier jewelry was known for its quality and exquisite designs. Due to the ever growing number of customers from all over the world Cartier relocated his company to different locations over Paris. Making sure he was in the right place, since location was very important for his customers.

Royal Cartier Jewelry

Amongst these customers where Kings and Queens, Maharajas, Industrialists and established Hollywood actresses. With these Royal contacts came the title “The Jeweller of Kings”. As well as the opportunity to design and create the most elusive and exclusive jewellery that was ever made.

I chose to highlight the Cartier Halo Tiara. Originally purchased in 1936 by King George VI also known as “The stuttering King” from the film “The Kings Speech”. Since then It has been borrowed and worn by many different members of the royal family. The most recent royal appearance was with the wedding of prince William and princes Kate.

Cartier on time

Finding its origins in Cartier love jewelry has been making watches for quite some time now. Something which can clearly be seen when looking at the different models made over the last 100 years. Gemstones and precious metals are at the base of Cartier love jewelry design. For the inner workings they’ve used movements from a few different manufactures like Jaeger leCoultre, Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin. For each model throughout the collection there are many different sizes, materials and complications.