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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 […]
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, […]
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. …
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 […]
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.
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.
“Stylish World Traveler: the Second ‘Drive de Cartier’….”
Drive de Cartier- Mens Only Cartier Last January when Cartier presented the ‘Drive de Cartier‘ watches at the 2016 SIHH in Geneva, there was a lot of traffic at the Cartier booth. Almost every journalist talked amongst each other about this new watch, in the corridors. Cartier is always presenting quite a few watches at […]
Where does the name of your favourite watch model come from?
Ever wonder how watches got their names? A few weeks ago we told you about the brand names and their origin. Today we’re going to look at the watch model names. With hundreds of past and present watches, what has been the inspiration for watchmakers and brands to call them certain names? Some are pretty …
The On- And Off-Screen Watches Of Brosnan, Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan’s personal and professional timepieces have included big names like Rolex, Cartier, Omega, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and Panerai, but also intriguingly Speake-Marin. What influence do the roles he plays have on his personal watch taste? Martin Green provides the answer.