Watch Facts

Cartier operates more than 200 stores in 125 countries, with three Temples (Historical Maisons) in London, New York, and Paris.

Cartier opened its first flagship boutique at 13 Rue de la Paix in 1899 and quickly became an important stop for royalty, celebrities and the world’s most discriminating collectors.

There are 24 regions (Time Zones) around the world with a time difference of one hour. This system has been adopted internationally by setting the total time difference around the world as 24 hours. Further, Daylight Saving Time (DST) is individually adopted in countries and regions.

A chronograph watch is a traditional timepiece fitted with an extra complication to act as a stopwatch. A watch can come with one chronograph, usually two and even as much as three at once. These chronographs will be used to measure time (in real-time and relatively) to different levels of accuracy.

An annual celebration of contemporary watchmaking excellence and creativity, the 23rd Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) awards ceremony will take place on Thursday 9 November 2023 at the Théâtre du Léman in Geneva.

In 2009 Patek Philippe ended their 122 year relationship with the Geneva Seal. At that time the seal had become an antiquated certification content with only geographic location and finishing techniques.

Rolex manufactures between 800,000 and 1 million watches per year.

Cartier is perhaps best known for its jewelry and watches, but it has also forged successful niches in leather goods and perfumes. It became part of the Richemont Group in 1988 and still lives by the motto of its original driving force, Louis Cartier: “Never imitate, always innovate.

Louis Cartier made a watch for Santos Dumont as he requested a wrist watch for flying needs, that was 1904.  It became such a success that many contribute the popularisation of wristwatches to Louis Cartier