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Baguette Panthère High Jewellery Wristwatch with Caliber 101 Movement
This exquisite Haute Joaillerie diamond Panthère timepiece perpetuates the beauty of the Panthère jewels that have captivated generations of Cartier’s clients.
Cartier’s Panthère jewels and watches have achieved cult status as perhaps the most instantly recognizable symbols of the Cartier brand. The present watch is an exceptional ambassador for the Panthère range, set with baguette and brilliant-cut white diamonds and with emerald eyes, it embodies the powerful essence of Cartier’s big cat jewels famed for their femininity and elegance.
The Cartier Panthere pieces were originally inspired by a painting entitled ‘Dame à la Panthère’ by the French artist George Barbier commissioned by Louis Cartier in 1914. The picture depicts a lady draped in jewels and a panther with a diamond collar at her feet. That same year, Cartier released its first jewel featuring the panther. In the next few decades under legendary director of Haute Joaillerie, Jeanne Toussaint, the big cat jewels and watches became one of the company’s most recognizable and glamourous products, adorning the world’s most discerning women including most famously the Duchess of Windsor.
Over the years, these exotic creations have inspired many of the brand’s advertising campaigns. Today, the Panthère range continues to evolve and update as one of the most desirable and coveted of all Cartier’s designs.
The calibre 101 movement made by Jaeger-LeCoultre and used by Cartier, was introduced in 1929 and at the time was celebrated as the smallest watch movement ever made, measuring just 14 x 4.8 x 3.4 mm. The idea of the Duoplan movement itself was devised by Paris watchmaker Henri Rodanet with an ingenious wheel train layout that allows the movement to retain excellent timekeeping properties whilst at the same time being made in very small sizes for lady’s watches.
The calibre 101 became world-famous in 1953 when it was realized that Queen Elizabeth II had worn a diamond-set calibre 101 at her coronation that year.
This exquisite Haute Joaillerie diamond Panthère timepiece perpetuates the beauty of the Panthère jewels that have captivated generations of Cartier’s clients.
Cartier’s Panthère jewels and watches have achieved cult status as perhaps the most instantly recognizable symbols of the Cartier brand. The present watch is an exceptional ambassador for the Panthère range, set with baguette and brilliant-cut white diamonds and with emerald eyes, it embodies the powerful essence of Cartier’s big cat jewels famed for their femininity and elegance.
The Cartier Panthere pieces were originally inspired by a painting entitled ‘Dame à la Panthère’ by the French artist George Barbier commissioned by Louis Cartier in 1914. The picture depicts a lady draped in jewels and a panther with a diamond collar at her feet. That same year, Cartier released its first jewel featuring the panther. In the next few decades under legendary director of Haute Joaillerie, Jeanne Toussaint, the big cat jewels and watches became one of the company’s most recognizable and glamourous products, adorning the world’s most discerning women including most famously the Duchess of Windsor.
Over the years, these exotic creations have inspired many of the brand’s advertising campaigns. Today, the Panthère range continues to evolve and update as one of the most desirable and coveted of all Cartier’s designs.
The calibre 101 movement made by Jaeger-LeCoultre and used by Cartier, was introduced in 1929 and at the time was celebrated as the smallest watch movement ever made, measuring just 14 x 4.8 x 3.4 mm. The idea of the Duoplan movement itself was devised by Paris watchmaker Henri Rodanet with an ingenious wheel train layout that allows the movement to retain excellent timekeeping properties whilst at the same time being made in very small sizes for lady’s watches.
The calibre 101 became world-famous in 1953 when it was realized that Queen Elizabeth II had worn a diamond-set calibre 101 at her coronation that year.