THE TRESSAGE WATCH
A Watchmaking Sculpture
Like a magician, Cartier transforms materials and shapes to bring forth an unexpected beauty. With the Tressage watch, gold, diamonds, and stones are transformed by an alchemy characteristic of Cartier.
As creative as it is precious, the Tressage watch follows in the footsteps of Cartier’s Maillon, Coussin and Reflection watches. Yellow gold, distinctive volumes, and contrasting materials: this timepiece reinterprets these elements, drawn from the Maison’s vocabulary, combining and opposing them to create a true watchmaking sculpture.
On this watch, two twists of gold and diamonds surround a rectangular dial paved with snow-set diamonds. On one side, the smooth roundness of yellow gold alternates with pavé diamonds, while on the other, the bold, sharp lines of vertical brancards provide contrast. The shiny leather strap continues this interplay of materials.
Creative freedom transcends traditional codes, allowing for a dynamic interplay of textures and colours that evoke both tension and sensuality. This energy gives rise to several singular versions.
One aesthetic, in yellow gold, stands out with the vibrant presence of smooth gadroons contrasting with the black dial and leather strap.
Always pushing boundaries, the watchmakers sought to reveal, within the minimal space dictated by the design, the beauty and opulence of the stones. In the first version, featuring a deep blue strap, the twists and dial are paved with snow-set diamonds. A second version introduces a gradient of sapphires alongside the diamonds, extending the harmony to the strap.
Through these creations, where the round contrasts with the line, the smooth with the fine relief of the pavé, Cartier honours the legacy of Jeanne Toussaint, the first female creative director at Cartier, appointed in 1933. In her footsteps, the material unfolds into infinite effects and brilliance.
“If Tressage is the perfect illustration of Cartier’s jewellery expertise in watchmaking, it is not simply a piece of jewellery that tells the time. For this creation, we exaggerated and amplified the classic attributes of a watch. By enlarging and elongating the brancards, we sculpted a voluptuous twist in volume. Neither a bangle nor a leather strap, Tressage continues to explore that unique and atypical territory so dear to Cartier—watches of a third kind, a true fusion of watchmaking and jewellery.”
Marie-Laure Cérède,
Creative Director of Jewellery and Watchmaking
PANTHÈRE JEWELLERY WATCH
The two faces of a singular watch
A blend of watchmaking and jewellery, this creation combines elements rooted in the Maison’s stylistic history. First there’s the three-dimensional panther that’s ready to pounce; then there’s the ‘Toi & Moi’ bracelet, featuring the Maison’s emblematic feline on one side and a delicate watch on the other. In yellow or white gold, this singular piece of architecture reveals a highly realistic sculptural work of art: a leaping body, slender muscles, ear and nose details, and, under the paws, painstakingly crafted pads.
Radiant, like the panther
With polished yellow gold and black lacquer for the spots, the feline with tsavorite eyes plays on the contrast from the black lacquer dial and diamond-paved bezel. Setting a diamond at 12 o’clock brings everything together, by way of an hour-marker.
From watchmaking to jewellery
A true jewellery piece, this watch in white gold sparkles with the light of 1100 diamonds. An intrinsic piece of jewellery created after 230 hours of meticulous jewellery making, polishing and setting. As part of their perpetual quest for realism, the jewellers have chosen the fur setting for this emerald-eyed panther. This signature area of expertise for the Maison consists of folding the metal around the onyx to create tiny threads resembling hair. Against the panther, diamonds are omnipresent, from the entirely paved dial to the snow-set bracelet, whose varying appearance creates an astonishing texture effect.
This watch, full of character, is part of a long tradition at the Maison. Over the years, the panther has revealed itself through numerous creative journeys. Today, it illustrates an astonishing ability to redesign, reflecting its power as much as its loyalty to the values it symbolises.
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