Explore the birth of Cartier jewelry

Explore the birth of Cartier jewelry
In the Paris Peace Street 13, 100 years, this has never been relocated Cartier store in the old, lay out the crimson carpet along the stairs up the stairs, came, century-old "attic" that is Cartier jewelry workshop is located.


Gemstone jewelry contour map depicting the color, texture and density of all the details
In the workshop, the jewelry division, setters, polishing division, watchmakers, teachers together in a cast. In Paris, not a studio jewelry such as Cartier, to bring together the various types of craftsmen working in the same space and time, which can improve the speed of production, but also able to retain the highest trade secrets. And Cartier to adhere to the excellent quality, all designers have graduated from art school in France, and most craftsmen have more than 20 years of work experience. In this way, every piece of Cartier jewelry, have condensed the wisdom, time, passion and monographs, from design to final completion of the entire team to spend months or even years of effort.
Cartier jewelry birth process:

The first step, screening gems

For the Cartier diamond and gemstone jewelry purchases of raw materials buyers have a wealth of experience. Cartier diamond selected, must be 400 or more diamonds to select the most glorious and moving, color totally consistent, highest quality to use.

The second step, the design drawings

When Cartier's designer had to get special selection of rare and high quality gemstones, it will be for the gem in their own right, such as shape, size, luminosity, etc. in a variety of designs drawn on paper prototype. In these color pictures on the effect of design, will be marked in detail the color and size, after which they conducted a number of reviewers, discussion and revision.

To realistically reflect the shape details of the jewelry, designers will first make every part of the green wax model carving

The third step is carving wax

In order to realistically reflect the style as much as possible the details of the design sketch to a soft wax or hard wax carving ground type, can show the specific volume. The model then dig the holes required for precious stones, precious stones and then placed in the test model, the best mosaic position, while the model color, to feel a sense of stones arranged in the color issue. After a perfect gem cutting is required, after the camera permutations and combinations to calculate the weight of precious stones, cut, take pictures, then make the metal to be melted down model to calculate the weight of metal and other responsible program. Complete this step, the calculation procedure is considered completed, and to review by the chief designer, decided to end the ideal style.
The fourth step, the diamond cutting and polishing precious stones

Jade is not cut, not a device, not processing of diamonds and precious stones is also no gloss, well-trained master only after the accuracy of the design, intricate craftsmanship, in order to uncover the veil of diamonds and precious stones. Jewelry division will be calculated by calculating the rate of refractive index and color, to find the best cut point cut, to ensure that emit the most perfect light.

Eggs or small as a grain of rice, inlaid by hand to complete, so this is very time-consuming process, the test of the jeweler's eye, the hand and just the right capacity, because these precious stones, once the force properly, the process may be embedded damage.
The fifth step, the metal casting

Good ductility of the material to set the early embryo silver, precious stones and inlaid help diameter measurements. Then the actual completion of the metal to sit carving, inlaid carved out holes. If the production of more complicated design, designers try making one of the important part, to test the feel and fluidity. Adding wax mold gem system, position in the design of embedded test set to observe the color with sex.



The sixth step, hand-inlaid

Mosaic method will vary according to differences between gemstones, including Chun Xiang, Prong, paved or submerged mosaic and so on. Whether big or small as a grain of rice if the goose egg, mosaic done by hand, so this is very time-consuming process, the test of the jeweler's eye, the hand and just the right capacity, because these precious stones, once the force properly, may damage in the mosaic process.
Seventh step, jewelry fixed

Division by a fixed or hinged jewelry, jewelry parts together to make a perfect dynamic jewelry vividly before us. In addition to the specific shape, the designers will decorate to different sorts of precious stones jewelry, so that the jewelry is more perfect.



Eighth step, polishing

Not only need to surface polishing and jewelry rhodium plating. The details of the deal, will cotton with a special polish, precious stones inlaid in the front and rear, several polishing process, with particular emphasis on the polished inlaid holes in order to make inlaid precious stones after the issue of the best gloss and brightness. Finally, to perfect the finished product on a rhodium-plated to prevent oxidation, making jewelry forever Guanghua.
The ninth step, mark and label polish

Finally, every piece of Cartier jewelry will be engraved on the Cartier and the number of tags to mark this jewelry unique identity.

Designer jewelry precious stones will be accompanied throughout each step. They work closely with technical staff, to assess the quality of work, every detail of the finished product and the overall feel of strict control. Each work is the combination of artisan jewelry, gem setters, die cutting division division Carpenter polished joint efforts and hard work.