In fact, Cartier’s history as a watchmaker hinges on this shape. After all, the first ever wristwatch wasn’t round in shape, but rectangular, and it was Cartier that made it. The Cartier ...
The wristwatch was the product of experimentation by two visionaries and friends: Louis Cartier and Brazilian aviation pioneer, Alberto Santos-Dumont. In 1901, Santos-Dumont took up a daring hobby ...