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Celý rozsah hodinářství Cartier: od Santos a Tank po tajemné hodiny Maurice Couëta.

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  • Animal Mystery Clock The figural group of Cartier mystery clocks, with twelve variants produced between 1922 and 1931, incorporating carved animals, enamelled jade, and oriental forms.
  • Calibre 101 One of the smallest mechanical movements ever made, measuring just 14mm long, used in Cartier's most refined jewellery watches.
  • Cartier Clocks From Belle Epoque enamel desk clocks to Art Deco architectural pieces, astronomical comet clocks to the mystery clocks with their floating hands -- Cartier's clock output reflects the same creative range as the jewellery.
  • Cartier Comet and Astronomical Clocks Semi-mystery desk clocks inspired by the passage of Halley's Comet in 1910, with diamond-set comet hands, rotating dials, and day-and-night indicators.
  • Cartier Portique Clock An architectural hardstone and gold clock produced by Cartier in only six examples between 1923 and 1925, among the rarest objects the firm ever made.
  • Cartier Prism Clock A Cartier clock type from the 1930s, patented by Gaston Cusin, that uses internal mirrors and prisms inspired by the underwater periscope to reflect a hidden dial.
  • Central Axis Mystery Clock The second variant of Cartier mystery clock, using a single central axis mechanism. At least twenty-one variations were created from 1920 onwards.
  • Jaeger-LeCoultre The Swiss manufacture that supplied many of Cartier's finest watch movements, and maker of the Reverso, one of the landmark watch designs of the twentieth century.
  • Minute Repeater A horological complication that chimes the hours, quarter-hours, and minutes on demand; Cartier produced minute repeater watches from the early twentieth century, with the Tortue form yielding some of the most celebrated examples.
  • Mystery Clock Model A The first of Cartier's mystery clock forms, with transparent rock crystal columns supporting a floating dial. Produced from 1912 through the late 1940s.
  • Screen Mystery Clock A fire-screen-shaped mystery clock produced by Cartier in only seven examples between 1923 and 1928, also known as the Enseigne mystery clock.

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The Cartiers: Watches

The Cartiers: Watches

Cartier began making men's wristwatches in the early twentieth century, at a time when wristwatches were considered women's jewellery and men wore pocket watches. This short film explores how the Cartiers created a new category and persuaded men to wear one.

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