"CARTIER International SNC, or just Cartier, is a French high-end items corporation which creates, makes, distributes, and also sells jewellery as well as watches. Founded by Louis-François Cartier in Paris in 1847, the business continued to be under family control until 1964. The company maintains its head office in Paris, although it has been a completely possessed subsidiary of the Swiss Richemont Team. Cartier runs greater than 200 stores in 125 countries, with 3 Temples (Historic Maison) in London, New York, as well as Paris.

Cartier is considered one of the most prestigious jewellery suppliers in the world. In 2018, it is ranked by Forbes as the globe's 59th most beneficial brand name. Cartier has a long history of sales to nobility. King Edward VII of Great Britain described Cartier as "" the jeweler of kings as well as the king of jewellers."" For his coronation in 1902, Edward VII purchased 27 pretty tiaras as well as provided a royal warrant to Cartier in 1904. Comparable warrants soon followed from the courts of Spain, Portugal, Russia, your house of Orleans, and so forth. "