Documenting the origins and improvement of the jeweler’s most well-known timepieces, A journey by time is now happening at Cartier’s Singapore flagship boutique at ION Orchard mall.
The exhibition runs till February 2, 2024, and explores the model’s historical past by a curated exhibition of historic timepieces, starting from basic examples from the early twentieth century to quintessential Cartier London designs of the Swinging Sixties. The watches on show hint the evolution of the form circumstances, from rectangles to ovals and all the things in between, which have turn out to be symbolic of the model. These case shapes in addition to the well-known Roman numerals and blued fingers are actually an integral a part of the Cartier design lexicon.
A few of the earliest watches on show, together with a Santos (1926), a Tonneau (1911) and a Tortue Monopoussoir chronograph (1936).
Signature examples from Cartier London (from left), JJC (1974), Maxi Oval (1969) and Pebble (1972)
In accordance with Cartier, the inspiration for this exhibition got here from Time challenge, a set of 12 brief movies by Norwegian style photographer and filmmaker Sølve Sundsbø. The movies, starring American actor Jake Gyllenhaal, captured the model’s relationship with the instances and will probably be proven on screens within the exhibition space, exhibiting the model’s present fashions.
However aficionados will come primarily for the 23 timepieces from the Cartier Assortment, the model’s treasure trove of classic watches, clocks, jewellery and different objects from its historical past. With the oldest watch on show relationship from 1911 – a yellow gold tonneau – the classic watch show is compact however complete.
Highlights embrace the Chiech, a whimsical watch formed like a draped headband from 1983; This instance is the smaller, diamond-studded mannequin initially meant for feminine winners of the Paris-Dakar Rally. And naturally the exhibition additionally features a crash, particularly a platinum Cartier London Crash, one of many final ever made there, from 1990.
A journey by time will happen from January twenty seventh to February 2nd, 2024 at Le Salon Cartier in ION Orchard. It’s open to the general public day by day from 10:00 a.m. to eight:30 p.m. Admission is free, however registration is required to take part.
ION Orchard Singapore
stage 3
2 Orchard Flip
Singapore 238801
To register, go to Cartier.sg.
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