Cartier’s ‘Métiers d’Art’ timepieces presented at Watches and Wonders 2025 showcase the artistic talent and sophistication of the House. Look at these beauties!
Ronde Louis Cartier Panthère Métiers d’Art watch
Cartier frequently uses the Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch or the Ronde Louis Cartier as the canvas for its ‘Métiers d’Art’ creations.
This year’s Ronde Louis Cartier Panthère Métiers d’Art watch represents Cartier’s dedication to preserving traditional artisanal crafts while keeping an innovative spirit. The architectural foundation of the timepiece is a 36mm yellow gold case with a beaded crown set with an inverted pavilion emerald. White mother-of-pearl provides the backdrop for the main lacquered panther figure sneaking through the golden leaves softly.
The manually wound 430 MC movement is hidden inside the case.
Panthére De Cartier
In the late seventies Alain Dominique Perrin was appointed as the CEO of “Must de Cartier”. After the merger of this company with Cartier Jewellers in 1981, Alain Dominique Perrin rose to the head of the Board of Cartier International and Cartier SA. He introduced the Panthère de Cartier watch collection in 1983. In 2017, the line was revisited by Cartier, offering diverse options in different sizes and metals, set or not-set. All these models come with a quartz movement.
The 2025 edition, an animal patterned piece is now added to the collection. The Panthére De Cartier novelty has an abstract pattern somewhere between that of a zebra and a tiger. The graphic composition features motifs in black and golden-brown lacquer, diamonds (314 of them pavé-set) and 86 orange and yellow spessartites. The dial is snow-set with 145 brilliant-cut diamonds.
Slightly more ‘everyday’ novelties come in rose gold and yellow gold, semi-paved with diamonds.
Panthère jewellery watch
From jewellery and high jewellery creations to timepieces, the panther would appear anywhere at Cartier. The emblematic animal of the Maison ruled the scene this year too. She returned on a ‘Toi & Moi’ bracelet watch with her paw almost touching the dial.
The piece is a highly realistic sculptural work of art: a leaping body, slender muscles, a fur with black lacquer spots, ear and nose details, and delicate and meticulously crafted pads under the paws.
Tsavorite eyes and an onyx nose are facing a black lacquer dial on the yellow gold version. The bezel is diamond-paved and a gemstone is marking the 12 o’clock on the dial too.
The white gold model is almost entirely set with 1100 diamonds and the spots are made of onyx. Setting the piece required 270 hours of highly focused work.
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