It is sometimes said that elegance is best born from the absence of constraints.
In any case, this is the style exercise that Cartier's design teams undergo each year.
After last year's Tressage collection, this time it's time for a very limited edition Cartier Libre capsule, of only 20 pieces, including five horological and polymorphic ones.
Out of the ordinary watch brooches from Cartier.
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But there is no question of imagining classic watches there, or almost.
Perhaps you recently noticed American singer Taylor Swift wearing a vintage midnight watch as a necklace on the night of the Grammy Awards?
Perhaps you had also noticed Rihanna and her very particular way of wearing a jeweled Jacob & Co watch around her neck?
Between them, they are undoubtedly able to launch a global trend in this area... Indeed, who said that watches should only be worn on the wrist?
For Cartier, they can be worn anywhere.
The Polymorph brooch watch in rhodium-plated white gold is reminiscent of animal claws.
Claws, all that remains of the house's famous panther, set with brilliant-cut diamonds and moonstones which conceal a quartz watch.
Its unique construction is based on four volume moonstones and snow-set diamonds highlighted with onyx cut on work.
The brooch clips onto the lapel of a garment and reveals, if you press one of the gems, a tiny dial paved with snow-set diamonds.
The Hélice brooch is set with brilliant-cut diamonds, rubies, emeralds, chrysoprase, coral, onyx and black spinels.
A precious carabiner watch.
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But the most striking watch and jewelry creation in this Cartier Libre collection is undoubtedly the precious carabiner watch.
A truly new way to display a white gold jewelry creation capable of telling the time.
A fashion and luxury accessory entirely set with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds and other chrysoprase, lapis lazuli, black spinels, turquoise.
Without forgetting a sapphire cabochon, a Cartier creation, on which to press to open the carabiner.
It actually conceals a push button and activates a ring paved with diamonds bordered with rubies in a rail-set buffed square.