In 1968, @Cartier created today’s #WearableProzac – the famed #CollierCrocodiles – as a #SpecialOrder for #MariaFélix, the beautiful queen of MexicanCinema. Félix went into #Cartier, with a baby crocodile in a jar, asking them to make a necklace featuring the young reptile’s likeness; urging haste, before it grew too big (they finished in two months). Instead of creating one #FiguralCrocodile, they fashioned two (out of 525g of #18KGold) that could be worn together as a necklace, or separately as brooches. The first, measuring 30cm, features 1,023 #FancyYellowDiamonds (60.02cts) with a pair of #CabochonCut #Emerald eyes; while the second, measuring 27.30cm, features 1,060 #CircularCut #Emeralds (66.86cts) with a pair of Cabochon-Cut #Ruby eyes. #GetIntoIt #LegendaryGems #HauteJoiallerie #Luxury (at Cartier)
