"CARTIER International SNC, or just Cartier, is a French high-end items empire which develops, manufactures, distributes, as well as sells jewelry and watches. Started by Louis-François Cartier in Paris in 1847, the company remained under family members control until 1964. The firm preserves its head office in Paris, although it has actually been a completely owned subsidiary of the Swiss Richemont Group. Cartier operates greater than 200 shops in 125 nations, with 3 Holy places (Historical Maison) in London, New York City, as well as Paris.

Cartier is considered as among the most prominent jewellery makers in the world. In 2018, it is ranked by Forbes as the world's 59th most useful brand. Cartier has a long background of sales to nobility. King Edward VII of Great Britain referred to Cartier as "" the jeweler of kings as well as the king of jewellers."" For his crowning in 1902, Edward VII got 27 pretty tiaras and released an imperial warrant to Cartier in 1904. Similar warrants soon followed from the courts of Spain, Portugal, Russia, the House of Orleans, and so on. "