SimplyAbuDhabi XLVI

T he Panthère watch, a true jewellery masterpiece, is reimagined through several creative and precious interpretations. Cartier imagines an abstract coat, neither entirely zebra nor entirely tiger, and bracelets sprinkled with a subtle shower of diamonds. Between the zebra and tiger motifs, the Panthère watch opts for both. This is the vision of Cartier Magicien: to imagine a creative and jewelled transformation, a graphic composition adorned, from dial to bracelet, with animal motifs. Colours, contrasts, materials — Cartier dares to embrace abundance and vibrant, sunlit colour combinations. Black and golden- brown lacquer, pavé diamonds, orange and yellow spessartites, the watch is abundant and vibrant. A true jewellery tour de force, this new interpretation of the Panthère watch demands precise craftsmanship from the ateliers, particularly the work on the lacquer, applied by hand and fired at high temperatures within the Maison des Métiers d’Art, as well as the snow-setting of the dial, adorned with 145 brilliant-cut diamonds. Entirely paved with 314 brilliant-cut diamonds and 86 spessartites, the emblematic bracelet of the Panthère watch unfurls its links like a myriad of jewelled gradations all polished and set one by one. A jewel of a watch that took over 110 hours to make. Simply Abu Dhabi | 199