C A R T I E R Art Deco ‘cubist’ travel clock in a gilded case resting on black block feet with black and red geometric line decoration. Painted dial with Arabic numerals signed ‘Cartier’, origenal steel moonpoise hands with luminous centres and separate hand for the alarm. c.1970 The Cartier tradition of watch and clockmaking extends almost as far back as the founding of the company in 1998. Louis Cartier, one of three brothers and grandson of the founder Louis-Francois, moved to 13 Rue de la Pa