Montre Promenade d'une Panthère

SIHH 2012
Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva

The High Jewellery watches collection

Symmetry and abstraction in a jewellery equation
The balance of broken lines, a play on perspectives and parallelism: the whole scope of Cartier’s geometric vocabulary is masterfully interpreted by their high jewellery watches.

Aesthetics that combine breaking away with continuity and maximal with minimal for their arm adornments, supple and flexible bracelets whose asymmetry and abstract designs create both intensity and contrast, lightness and strength.

Diamond shapes, rectangles, squares and circles – Cartier contrasts the bold lines of certain watches with the smoothness of rows of calibrated diamonds and sapphire beads, variations of openwork cut through with spectacular stones.

Watches, some of which conceal themselves, secretly hidden behind an array of diamonds, an engraved gateway of structured designs or a miniature square. Time appears or disappears, a game of illusion, of masked hours which adds to the magic of these pieces, unique for the most part,reflection of modernised crafts at the service of inspired high jewellery. 

Promenade d’une Panthère watch, calibre 9603 MC

A custom-designed movement to house the iconic Cartier panther The perfectly-poised panther dashes through the hours, bringing feline agility to this round watch. Playful and powerful, the hero of the Cartier Bestiary tames the movement to the beat of its bejewelled oscillations.

In the grand tradition of watchmaking secrets, this ladies’ complication watch is a true feat of high-tech invention. The oscillating weight of the watch has been inverted and takes the dramatic form of a panther set with diamonds. 

Cartier complements the functionality of the weight with a stylish House motif: a three-dimensional panther secretly linked to the calibre, making the big cat seem to prowl all the way around the inky mother-of-pearl dial.

The panther stealthily patrols the hours one by one within a bezel set with multiple rows of diamonds.