13 Facts About Cartier SA

Cartier SA International SNC, or simply Cartier SA, is a French luxury goods conglomerate which designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells jewellery, leather goods and watches.

Cartier SA maintains its headquarters in Paris, although it is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Swiss Richemont Group.

Cartier SA operates more than 200 stores in 125 countries, with three Temples in London, New York, and Paris.

Cartier SA is regarded as one of the most prestigious jewellery manufacturers in the world.

Louis-Francois Cartier SA founded Cartier SA in Paris in 1847 when he took over the workshop of his master, Adolphe Picard.

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In 1874, Louis-Francois' son Alfred Cartier SA took over the company, but it was Alfred's sons Louis, Pierre and Jacques who established the brand name worldwide.

In 1907, Cartier SA signed a contract with Edmond Jaeger, who agreed to exclusively supply the movements for Cartier SA watches.

Cartier SA bought it from the Plants in exchange for $100 in cash and a double-stranded natural pearl necklace valued at the time at $1 million.

Cartier SA continued to use movements from other makers: Vacheron Constantin, Audemars Piguet, Movado and LeCoultre.

The new president of Cartier SA, Robert Hocq, created the phrase "Les Must de Cartier SA" with Alain Dominique Perrin, who was a General Director of the company.

In 1994, the Cartier SA Foundation moved to the Rive Gauche and opened headquarters in a building designed for it by Jean Nouvel.

In 2012, Cartier SA was owned, through Richemont, by the South African Rupert family, and Elle Pagels, a 24-year-old granddaughter of Pierre Cartier SA.

Cartier SA was ranked No 2 among the 15 manufacturers and assigned an average environmental rating of "Upper Midfield, " suggesting the manufacturer has taken first actions addressing the impact of its manufacturing activities on the environment and climate change.