Cartier’s Santos Dumont – Stripped To The Bone!

Last week when I came home after a few weeks of traveling and opened one of the smaller cupboards that I hardly use, a little gecko fell on the floor and didn’t move at all. When I picked it up from the carpet, I noticed that it must have been caught between the door and […]

8 years ago

Coolest Cufflinks By Watchbrands

When an occasion asks for business attire, many men not only rise to the occasion with a fine and well-cut suit but also opt for a shirt with French cuffs.

8 years ago

Visual Complications from The Past: Cartier Pasha Day & Night

Cartier Pasha Before we come to this about 18 year old Cartier Pasha, you should know that (until about 10 years ago) the production of Cartier watches was done very differently than it is today. It was  around 2007, when there was a complete change in the way of working and that the production of actually everything, was […]

8 years ago

7 Real Watch Ambassadors

Watch Ambassadors Only yesterday, during a press event from a watch brand, the topic of ‘watch ambassadors’ and ‘red carpet brands’ was being discussed with a colleague watch journalist. Here on Fratello, we touched the subject before (click here for my rant on watch brand ambassadors) so there is no need to do that again. Instead, […]

8 years ago

Spot the Watch: Revisiting the 1980s classic film, Wall Street

“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit”.  One part of the famous speech made by Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film Wall Street, which has become an iconic film due to its subject matter and characters.   …

8 years ago

DRIVE de CARTIER – THE LAUNCH PARTY by CARTIER HONG KONG

Drive de Cartier Cartier Hong Kong celebrated the official launch of the three ‘Drive de Cartier’ models and for this important release, an amazing party was organized, that lasted night after night, during the last 9 days of September. The Drive de Cartier ‘time only’ model was already available since January, but the wait was […]

8 years ago

Drive de Cartier: Driven By Passion

Cartier actually has quite a rich history when it comes to driver’s watches, but has never been very outspoken about it. Until the new Drive de Cartier came along.

8 years ago

Hands-on – 2016 Cartier Santos 100 ADLC, now back fully black and in-house (live pics, specs & price)

With no fanfare or fireworks, quietly, in the middle of the rush of the SIHH 2016, in the luxurious salons of the Cartier booth, nearly forgotten because pushed into the background by the introduction of the Drive, Cartier introduced this year a new version of an icon, the Santos 100. Well, if the design remains the same as the previous editions, some new colors are available. No big deal… However, it was until we’ve been told this watch came for the first time with a manufacture movement. Here is the 2016 Cartier Santos 100 ADLC, the icon back in full black and in-house.

8 years ago