| Product Categories | Luxury watches, fine and high jewellery, engagement and wedding rings; accessories incl. fragrances, sunglasses, bags, writing instruments | Fine and high jewellery, watches, leather goods, sunglasses and eyeglasses | — | — |
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| Signature Collections | Watches: Happy Sport, Alpine Eagle, L.U.C, Mille Miglia, Happy Diamonds, Imperiale; jewellery: Happy Hearts, Ice Cube, Happy Diamonds, Precious Lace | Jewellery: Love, Juste un Clou, Panthère de Cartier; Watches: Tank, Santos de Cartier, Ballon Bleu, Pasha, Panthère | — | — |
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| Watch Movements | In-house movements made at its Fleurier manufacture since 1996 (high-end lines such as L.U.C); automatic models in Mille Miglia | Quartz, high-autonomy quartz (approx. 8-year battery on select Must de Cartier models) and mechanical, incl. manual-winding (select models) | — | — |
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| Price Positioning | Luxury and high jewellery | Luxury; part of the Richemont luxury group | — | — |
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| Warranty | International Warranty extendable to a five-year total by online registration (watches and jewellery under original warranty) | Watches: 24-month International Cartier Guarantee against manufacturing defects (separate terms in US, Canada, Australia); Cartier Care registration extends total cover to up to 8 years | — | — |
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| Servicing & Repairs | — | Watch repairs carry their own 24-month warranty; Cartier Care members get complimentary technical diagnostics and advice | — | — |
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| Personalisation & Engraving | — | Personalisation offered on select items (e.g. leather goods); engraved or personalised creations cannot be returned | — | — |
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| Responsible Sourcing | Promotes Fairmined-certified gold and diamonds since 2013; ethical gold specified on collections | One of 14 founding members of the Responsible Jewellery Council (2005); RJC-certified, re-certified for the fourth time in 2019 | — | — |
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| Returns Policy | US online store: complimentary shipping and returns | e-Boutique (e.g. EU sites): request return within 30 days of delivery, unused with tags; engraved/personalised items excluded; terms vary by country | — | — |
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| Founded | 1860, Sonvilier, Switzerland (Louis-Ulysse Chopard); HQ Geneva | 1847, Paris, France | — | — |
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| Parent Company | Family-owned by the Scheufele family (since 1963) | Richemont | — | — |
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| Key Materials | Ethical white, yellow and rose gold; steel (Alpine Eagle); diamonds incl. signature free-moving "Happy Diamonds" | — | — | — |
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| Partnerships | Official partner of Cannes Film Festival since 1998 and maker of the Palme d'Or; Mille Miglia rally partner since 1988 | — | — | — |
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