Cartier has fabricated a watch design that combines complicated gear mechanics and jewelry-like exquisiteness to set a high-end testament to the classic film “Modern Times” by Charlie Chaplin.

Famed French jewelry house Cartier is launching its Juste un Clou line (“Just a Nail”)  – despite the fact that it’s made from gold!

Each bracelet and ring is shaped in nail form, made pure of 18 karat white, rose or yellow gold and can be bedazzled per choice with shimmering pavé diamonds.

Chinese buyers showed their economic clout in Paris Thursday at an auction of watches owned by French film idol Alain Delon, with prices going through the roof.

Auction house Cornette de Saint-Cyr told AFP that the sale brought in a total of 443,875 euros ($590,300) as collectors and fans thronged the room while many buyers, especially in China, took part by phone.

The Fondation Cartier, the contemporary art museum of the luxury jewelry house, will present its latest expo, Cartier, Jeweler of the Arts, in Paris beginning April 3.

The exhibition brings together four artworks made by artists including David Lynch and Takeshi Kitano using precious and semi-precious stones no longer deemed suitable for the brand’s jewelry. Preview images of what they came up with here.

TOP EXCLUSIVE! LUXUO’s readers are now able to view “L’Odyssée de Cartier” before it is presented on Cartier’s Facebook page tomorrow morning, Paris time.

Cartier will reveal today a preview of its upcoming film “The Cartier Odyssey”, with the ambitious short to feature three panthers and a host of fantasy scenes.

In honor of Cartier’s 165th anniversary, the panther will take viewers on a journey through Cartier’s iconic designs during the three-and-a-half-minute spectacular.

At the Baselworld 2012, Cartier will be presenting the new Tank Folle hand-wound ladies watch, a reincarnation of the legendary Cartier Crash from the late 1960s.

Clearly influenced by Salvador Dali’s “liquid” clocks, the original watch was an homage to one of Cartier of London senior managers who died in a car crash.

His wrist watch was deformed by fire to a degree of melting and some other member of staff took the destroyed timekeeper as a source of inspiration.