I absolutely love Cartier pieces, but most of the time just in pictures on here or on Pinterest!
However, my 33rd birthday and our 5th wedding anniversary are coming up in June, and my lovely husband says he would like to buy me a little something nice...
I have always loved the trinity ring, particularly the one with the diamond pavé on the white gold band, so always thought I would ask for that if I got the opportunity. However a few years ago we were looking at that ring, and because it was out of our price range then my husband got me the pavé entrelaces ring instead. I still love that and wear it often, and I don't think I could wear that and the trinity at the same time- although really I would have preferred to just have the trinity I think.
So the other option is a new watch. At the moment I wear a stainless steel Tag professional, ladies size, which was a 21st birthday present from my parents. It's suited my lifestyle really well so far, but now I'm a little bit more grown up (maybe!) I'm hankering after something a bit more feminine and classic, with a leather strap probably. I love the tank americaine, and our local stockist has the one in pink gold medium size at half price because it somehow got slightly dented on one side. I also like the tank anglaise, but in gold it's over budget (can spend about £4-5k) and the stainless steel only comes with a bracelet.
I've also been considering a stainless steel Jaeger LeCoultre reverso, although I've not tried that on yet- the appeal of that being that it's very classic and also automatic.
Ideally I'd get an automatic tank americaine in gold, by they don't make those anymore (the guy in our local stockist said the americaine is being discontinued?) and they'd be too expensive anyway. I'd consider a secondhand watch but have no idea where to start looking for one- I'm in the UK.
Sorry this is really long, but would love to hear people's opinions!
However, my 33rd birthday and our 5th wedding anniversary are coming up in June, and my lovely husband says he would like to buy me a little something nice...
I have always loved the trinity ring, particularly the one with the diamond pavé on the white gold band, so always thought I would ask for that if I got the opportunity. However a few years ago we were looking at that ring, and because it was out of our price range then my husband got me the pavé entrelaces ring instead. I still love that and wear it often, and I don't think I could wear that and the trinity at the same time- although really I would have preferred to just have the trinity I think.
So the other option is a new watch. At the moment I wear a stainless steel Tag professional, ladies size, which was a 21st birthday present from my parents. It's suited my lifestyle really well so far, but now I'm a little bit more grown up (maybe!) I'm hankering after something a bit more feminine and classic, with a leather strap probably. I love the tank americaine, and our local stockist has the one in pink gold medium size at half price because it somehow got slightly dented on one side. I also like the tank anglaise, but in gold it's over budget (can spend about £4-5k) and the stainless steel only comes with a bracelet.
I've also been considering a stainless steel Jaeger LeCoultre reverso, although I've not tried that on yet- the appeal of that being that it's very classic and also automatic.
Ideally I'd get an automatic tank americaine in gold, by they don't make those anymore (the guy in our local stockist said the americaine is being discontinued?) and they'd be too expensive anyway. I'd consider a secondhand watch but have no idea where to start looking for one- I'm in the UK.
Sorry this is really long, but would love to hear people's opinions!
