Cartier Time Art: Mechanics of Passion

“Covering everything from mystery clocks to Tourbillion movements to the most stunning and unimaginably complex watches, Cartier Time Art will educate as well as entertain anyone who has more than just a passing interest either about Cartier or ‘haute horology.’”

Jack Forster is a journalist and author. He writes about watches, travel, style, and food. Laziz Hamani is a jewelry and still life photographer as well as an art director of videos and books.

If you are searching for another glossy pictorial celebrating the artistry of the famed Cartier brand, then move on. Cartier Time Art: Mechanics of Passion is a book that chooses to honor the mechanical and technological feats of Cartier timepieces—watches and clocks.

In essence, you are taken on a historical journey through the history of Cartier and its never ending search and discovery of what makes a jewelry brand a force to be reckoned with when it comes to timekeeping. Most people assume that brands such as Cartier are known only for their ornamental timepieces, but this is so not the case.

Mr. Forster and Laziz Hamani have created a catalog for the Cartier exhibition, which premiered at the Bellerive Museum in Zurich and will tour worldwide starting in November 2011. The name of the show is the name as the title of the book and will serve as an enlightening volume to those who are interested in the “art” of horology.

Covering everything from mystery clocks to Tourbillion movements to the most stunning and unimaginably complex watches, Cartier Time Art will educate as well as entertain anyone who has more than just a passing interest either about Cartier or “haute horology.”