Cartier RG Love Bracelet faded to YG??
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Italian Hallmark:
It is a silver hallmark, but it is what the gold ones look like too. It is a star, followed by the makers number, and the province where they are located. It is used in conjunction with the standard of fineness (750).
According to the link you posted, it appears Cartier is making their items in Torino (Turin) as the abbreviation is TO. Compare Cartier's hallmark to the Bulgari hallmark here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BULGARI-SAPPHIRE-CABOCHON-18K-YELLOW-GOLD-RING-80S-GORGEOUS-/160670682867?pt=US_Fine_Rings&hash=item2568b80ef3#ht_876wt_1189
It is a star followed by the number 2337 and the province Alessandria abbreviated as AL.
Swiss hallmarks for jewelry is the standard of fineness (750 for gold) and the head of a st. bernard as seen below:
The other hallmarks pictured are legal requirements for watches only.
The French hallmark for gold is a eagle's head (sometimes in a diamond) as seen below:
The French, Swiss, and Italian hallmarks are all legal requirements, so if the piece does not have one of those stamps, it is not from one of those countries.
I too have a diamond hallmark, but I am unsure which country it is from. Mine is a diamond, and if I look at in on its side it appears to have an S at the top a larger C in a circle in the middle, and an A at the bottom. I am guessing this is a maker's mark for Cartier S.A...but a maker's mark does not tell me where it is from. I am also curious what the alpha symbol means. The USA is one of the few western countries that does not have an additional legal requirement to the standard of fineness (750) hallmark on jewelry so perhaps it is made in the USA?
Italian Hallmark:
It is a silver hallmark, but it is what the gold ones look like too. It is a star, followed by the makers number, and the province where they are located. It is used in conjunction with the standard of fineness (750).
According to the link you posted, it appears Cartier is making their items in Torino (Turin) as the abbreviation is TO. Compare Cartier's hallmark to the Bulgari hallmark here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BULGARI-SAP..._Fine_Rings&hash=item2568b80ef3#ht_876wt_1189
It is a star followed by the number 2337 and the province Alessandria abbreviated as AL.
Swiss hallmarks for jewelry is the standard of fineness (750 for gold) and the head of a st. bernard as seen below:
The other hallmarks pictured are legal requirements for watches only.
The French hallmark for gold is a eagle's head (sometimes in a diamond) as seen below:
The French, Swiss, and Italian hallmarks are all legal requirements, so if the piece does not have one of those stamps, it is not from one of those countries.
I too have a diamond hallmark, but I am unsure which country it is from. Mine is a diamond, and if I look at in on its side it appears to have an S at the top a larger C in a circle in the middle, and an A at the bottom. I am guessing this is a maker's mark for Cartier S.A...but a maker's mark does not tell me where it is from. I am also curious what the alpha symbol means. The USA is one of the few western countries that does not have an additional legal requirement to the standard of fineness (750) hallmark on jewelry so perhaps it is made in the USA?
Thank you for the information! It was an eye opener. It's surprising that a lot of the ebay items are made in Italy. Maybe our pieces are made in the U.S... I can barely read what mine says inside the diamond hallmark. Mine looks like M's on the sides and in the middle it looks like the letter G. I need glasses. lol.
My friend doesn't remember the hallmark in her previous bracelet.
The store just said they'll need to check with their Paris workshop so she figured it was probably made there.
i just realized that the Cartier website features the hallmark that I have on my bracelet. It's that diamond shape next to the serial number. I don't know what the alpha symbol stands for either.
http://www.cartier.us/#/media/images/show-me/product-visuals/b6035616_1-png?view=1
I don't think the hallmark stands for any country... It's probably just Cartier's logo as radio pointed out.
http://www.cartier.us/#/media/images/show-me/product-visuals/b6035616_1-png?view=1
I don't think the hallmark stands for any country... It's probably just Cartier's logo as radio pointed out.
Italian Hallmark:
It is a silver hallmark, but it is what the gold ones look like too. It is a star, followed by the makers number, and the province where they are located. It is used in conjunction with the standard of fineness (750).
According to the link you posted, it appears Cartier is making their items in Torino (Turin) as the abbreviation is TO. Compare Cartier's hallmark to the Bulgari hallmark here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BULGARI-SAPPHIRE-CABOCHON-18K-YELLOW-GOLD-RING-80S-GORGEOUS-/160670682867?pt=US_Fine_Rings&hash=item2568b80ef3#ht_876wt_1189
It is a star followed by the number 2337 and the province Alessandria abbreviated as AL.
Swiss hallmarks for jewelry is the standard of fineness (750 for gold) and the head of a st. bernard as seen below:
The other hallmarks pictured are legal requirements for watches only.
The French hallmark for gold is a eagle's head (sometimes in a diamond) as seen below:
The French, Swiss, and Italian hallmarks are all legal requirements, so if the piece does not have one of those stamps, it is not from one of those countries.
I too have a diamond hallmark, but I am unsure which country it is from. Mine is a diamond, and if I look at in on its side it appears to have an S at the top a larger C in a circle in the middle, and an A at the bottom. I am guessing this is a maker's mark for Cartier S.A...but a maker's mark does not tell me where it is from. I am also curious what the alpha symbol means. The USA is one of the few western countries that does not have an additional legal requirement to the standard of fineness (750) hallmark on jewelry so perhaps it is made in the USA?
How interesting and informative! Thank you so much for the info. I didn't want to remove my bracelet, so squinted and stared as best I could in the crack between my bracelet and my arm and found that mine is also rectangular with a star, number and TO. So I guess mine is made in Turin!