The piece evokes a 1938 interlocking gold cuff designed by the house’s then creative director, Jeanne Toussaint.
In 1847, Louis-François Cartier opened a modest jewelry workshop in Paris where he sold crystal bracelets, strands of pearls and brooches with floral motifs. Over the decades, his three grandsons, particularly the eldest, Louis Cartier, became known for mixing Old World craftsmanship and new techniques, as in the 1904 Santos pilot’s watch, named for a pioneering Brazilian aviator and decorated with tiny screws resembling airplane rivets; or the so-called mystery clock, a timepiece popularized by the brand in 1912 with jeweled hands that appeared to float (its rack-and-pinion gear system was hidden in
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