Écrou de Cartier or Menottes dinh van
Cartier · dinh van
Écrou de Cartier
A slim gold cable cut with a screw thread and strung with hexagonal nuts.
Menottes dinh van
Two gold half-rings that hook into each other like handcuffs, so the clasp becomes the whole jewel.
A key turned over in the hand gave Jean Dinh Van the shape of Menottes in 1976: two half-rings that hook together, the hidden part of a clasp promoted to the centre. Écrou de Cartier, presented in 2017, threads a slim gold cable like a bolt and strings hexagonal nuts along it. Both are instruments of holding dressed in gold with no softening of shape, and both are small: the cuffs dangle from a cord, and the nuts sit on a bangle 3.5 mm wide.
| Fact | Écrou de Cartier | Menottes dinh van |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | 2017 | 1976 |
| Designer | — | Jean Dinh Van |
| School | Place Vendôme | Place Vendôme |
| Materials | yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, diamond | yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, platinum, diamond, pearl, mother-of-pearl, onyx, steel, titanium, cord, other |
| Moves | No | opens |
| From | €2,860 | €950 |
| Top of line | €24,200 | €20,950 |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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