Most of the clocks, made within a span of 80 years, come with their original cases, and date to the Art Deco and Belle Époque eras prior to World War I. The collection was amassed by a private ...

Phillips is bringing a 1926 Cartier “mystery clock” to auction next week in New York, less than a month after the US$1.92 million sale of a 1920s-era Cartier La Pendule Magnétique “water clock” from ...

A handful of Sotheby’s sales scheduled to take place before the end of the year will see a rare pink diamond worth up to $20 million hit the auction block, as well as a coveted Cartier "Mystery Clock, ...

A marvel of high horology could soon be yours. A coveted Cartier Portico Mystery Clock will be auctioned off at Sotheby’s Important Watches sale in Switzerland this November, with the rarity expected ...

“I do not count the hours if they are not brilliant,” says the Latin motto on a clock made by Cartier in 1913. Fittingly, the 4-inch timepiece is crammed with gold, rose-cut diamonds and shades of ...

At the turn of the 20th century, Louis-François Cartier’s three grandsons propelled the eponymous French luxury house to international prominence. And of this trio, Louis Cartier oversaw what today ...

Long before it created the Santos wristwatch in 1904 and became the jeweler of choice for the Duchess of Windsor, Cartier carved out a reputation as a master of decorative desk clocks. Christie’s ...

Cartier horologist Maurice Couët created the Parisian label’s first mystery clock, the Model A, in 1912, drawing inspiration from a magical design Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin unveiled almost a century ...