"CARTIER International SNC, or merely Cartier, is a French high-end products conglomerate which creates, makes, distributes, as well as sells jewelry and watches. Founded by Louis-François Cartier in Paris in 1847, the company continued to be under family control up until 1964. The company preserves its head office in Paris, although it has been a wholly possessed subsidiary of the Swiss Richemont Group. Cartier runs greater than 200 shops in 125 nations, with three Holy places (Historic Maison) in London, New York, as well as Paris.

Cartier is regarded as among the most respected jewelry manufacturers worldwide. In 2018, it is ranked by Forbes as the world's 59th most beneficial brand. Cartier has a lengthy background of sales to nobility. King Edward VII of Great Britain referred to Cartier as "" the jeweller of kings and also the king of jewelers."" For his coronation in 1902, Edward VII bought 27 tiaras as well as issued a royal warrant to Cartier in 1904. Similar warrants quickly complied with from the courts of Spain, Portugal, Russia, your house of Orleans, and so forth. "