Blog Posts about Jerome Bouttecon

Jérôme Boutteçon’s Amazing High Definition Marquetry

While I was composing my previous post -- "Cartier Asks Marquetry Master Jérôme Boutteçon To Make A Bear" -- my friend Greg Zall called to tell me about an amazing French marquetarian whom he read about in an article in Haute Horlogie Magazine by Françoise Lafuma. Lafuma's article tells the tale of Jérôme Boutteçon's quest to master his unique style of high definition marquetry. I'll let you opt to read the article "Jérôme Boutteçon brings the beauty of wood to watchmaking" or take in these amazing images right away.                     Here's...

Cartier Asks Marquetry Master Jérôme Boutteçon To Make A Bear

The Marquetry and Inlay Arts are often called upon to enhance  brands that are already quality leaders of their specialized categories. One such category that I've been wanting to do some posts about is fine watchmaking, or Haute Horlogerie. Jérôme Boutteçon has mastered this much-prized art form. I'll start by doing two posts about his small format high definition marquetry art. The first will be about the Rotonde de Cartier with bear motif, produced in a limited series of 50 pieces, priced at $80,500 apiece. Please enjoy the images, quotes and the video below, much of it provided courtesy...