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During more than a century the brand Cartier has become a symbol of luxury, wealth, and perfect style. If you own a masterpiece from Cartier you automatically get a reputation of a person with an ideal taste. Not accidentally Cartier watches are called “the watches for the kings”. Actually only prosperous, self-confident, resolute, and of course mighty person chooses a Cartier watch to be his reliable partner. These people like to tempt their fate and they are used to a stroke of good fortune. In 1904 the Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont put on the Cartier watch for one of his flight, and that flight brought him worldwide glory. The watch was presented to Santos by his friend Louis-Francois Cartier and was made especially for the air conditions. The fact is that this watch is considered to be one of the first wrist watches. The creative people also cannot pass the fascination of Cartier brand by. For example the favorite watch of the American actor and director Antonio Banderas is Cartier Pasha.
And now let’s plunge in the history of this brilliant watch name. Paris. The close of the IXX century. In 80th-90th Paris met the Exposition Universelle Internationale (World’s Fair) where the technological achievements were shown. That fact brightly emphasized the cultural and political significance of the city of those times. Moreover at the end of IXX – the beginning of XX century France went through the incredible upsurge and economic development. In the history that period went down as La Belle Époque (the Splendid Epoch). No wonder that the House of Cartier was born exactly in that heyday of the country.
The great empire Carier was founded in 1847 by Louis-Francois Cartier, the former apprentice of the famous watch-maker in those days, Adolphe Picard. It was the banal thing when the apprentice left his master and launched his own business. At first it was the jewellery workshop. In 1867 Louis-Francois Cartier took part in the World’s Fair with his jewelries, which were met with great approval. In 1888 Cartier put on the market his first watches and the success was amazing. The popularity of the wrist watches arose when Cartier produced the first watches with precious stones “Santos”.
In 1917 Cartier created the legendary model ”Tank” being devoted to the commanders Allied tank who helped France to win the World War I. And even now these elegant watches keep on being the symbol of those days.
In 1933 the first gold waterproof watches were made especially for Pasha Marrakech. Nowadays this stylish model is the titbit for the sophisticated collectors and for those who looks for the rare precious watches.
In 1973 "Les Must de Cartier" was formed. Alain-Dominique Perrin founded the boutique network in more than 20 countries. Watch designers of the company appeal to the developments of Louis Cartier, and this immense source still gives us such modern models as "Panther", "Baignoire", "Pasha", "Tonneau", "Diablo", etc.
From year to year The House of Cartier continues creating new watches that are remarkable for their wide variety.
Nowadays Cartier watches are widely available even for those people that cannot spent great amount of money but also want to be the part of this shining luxury. There are lots of Internet shops offering you high grade replica Cartier watches. You can find there such model lines as Cartier Tank watch replica, Cartier Roadster watch replica, Cartier Pasha replica watch. Women can also meet quality Cartier replica watches on the pages full of the advertising “Cartier women’s watch replica”, “Cartier lady replica watch” and so on. So there are no barriers for the person who wants to be elegant and smart.
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