Featuring 290 color images, many of them full-page, thislavish volume presents Cartier's most famous and complicatedwatches in a new never-before-published collection. Fromtheir forms to their movements, Cartier watches are unique. Theyare an enduring combination of the unexpected and theclassical.In the world of timepieces, the Cartier nameinevitably evokes a glamorous range of legendary, universallyadmired watches: the Santos, the Tortue, the Tank, the Baignoire,the Pasha de Cartier, the Panthère de Cartier, and others. This book chronicles Cartier's constant quest for excellence in themanufacture of complicated watches. From a Tortue single push-piecechronograph, created in 1929 to a contemporary Santos 100 skeletonwatch, Cartier interprets complications in its own inimitable way,always with a sense of design. Laziz Hamani's photographs capture these objects of exceptionalartistry while author and expert Jack Forster shares the spiritthat motivates each craftsman, engineer, and artist to create themost stunning complicated watches. Cartier Time Art will also be the catalog of aninternational touring exhibition curated by the Japanese designerTokujin Yoshioka, which will premiere at Bellerive Museum inZurich, Switzerland from August to November 2011.
【作者简介】
Jack Forster is a journalist and author. Hewrites about watches, travel, style, and food. Laziz Hamaniis a jewelry and still-life photographer and an art director ofvideos and books.
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