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Cartier / Panthère

Cartier Panthère

Profil de collection · 1983

Montre-bijou au bracelet souple évoquant le motif iconique de la panthère Cartier, relancée avec grand succès en 2017.

Vues de la collection

Image de Cartier Panthère de Cartier watch, small steel modelImage de Cartier Panthère de Cartier medium two-tone watchImage de Cartier Mini Panthère de Cartier yellow-gold watch

Prononciation et nom

pan-TEHR də kar-tee-AY

Pourquoi elle compte

Panthère matters because it distills Cartier’s rare ability to make a watch function first as design and jewelry without losing horological identity. Its bracelet is as important as its dial, its silhouette is immediately legible from across a room, and its return in 2017 helped cement the modern resurgence of elegant, bracelet-led jewelry watches across the wider luxury market.

Références clés

Chronologie de la collection

  • 1983 — Cartier launched the Panthère de Cartier watch collection, establishing the square jewelry watch with its supple articulated bracelet as a house signature.
  • 2017 — Cartier reintroduced Panthère de Cartier as a major focus collection, returning the design to the catalogue after its discontinuation in the early 2000s.
  • 2023 — Cartier expanded the modern line with a Large model in steel, showing the Panthère’s continued evolution beyond its classic small-format identity.
  • 2025 — At Watches and Wonders 2025, Cartier highlighted new Panthère jewelry-watch transformations with abstract fur-like lacquer, diamonds and spessartites.

Actualités

  • Introducing: The Cartier Panthère De Cartier Collection, Re-Introduced For 2017 2017 — Hodinkee covered the return of Panthère de Cartier, noting the collection’s original 1983 launch and its reintroduction as a Cartier focus for 2017. ↗
  • Hands-On review of the new large model Panthère de Cartier 2023 — Hodinkee examined the large-model expansion and framed the Panthère as Cartier’s mass-appeal jewelry-watch hybrid icon. ↗
  • Watches and Wonders 2025: Panthère de Cartier watches: Jewelry transformations 2025 — Cartier presented new Panthère jewelry-watch interpretations combining lacquer, pavé diamonds and spessartites in abstract animal-pattern compositions. ↗
  • Revolution Awards 2025: Best Jewelry Watch — Cartier Panthère de Cartier 2026 — Revolution named the Panthère de Cartier Best Jewelry Watch in its 2025 awards, emphasizing its integration of jewelry design and watchmaking. ↗

Anecdotes

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FAQ

When was the Cartier Panthère introduced?

The Panthère de Cartier watch collection was launched in 1983. Cartier later reintroduced it in 2017 after it had left regular production in the early 2000s.

Why is it called Panthère?

Cartier says the watch takes its name from the bracelet of the same name; the ultra-flexible linked construction is meant to echo the movements of the maison’s emblematic panther.

Is Panthère a watch or a jewelry watch?

Both. Cartier explicitly positions Panthère de Cartier as a jewelry watch, and that dual identity is central to the collection’s design appeal.

What movement does the modern Panthère use?

Current core Panthère models documented in this research pass use quartz movements.

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