JEWELRY CARE
JEWELRY
JEWELRY CARE
Your Cartier jewelry is
precious and requires care and attention. We recommend the following daily
considerations to preserve your jewelry as long as possible:
- Be sure to handle your jewelry with
care.
- Remove your jewelry when washing
your hands or using corrosive products that could permanently damage
precious metal, stones or pearls.
- Take your regular activities into
consideration when wearing your jewelry, including potential for impact.
- Keep your jewelry away from intense
sources of heat and extreme temperature changes.
Before
putting on your piece of jewelry, examine it for a moment:
- Check that the clasp, and its
safety catch if it has one, is not loose.
- Check that the settings of the
stones have not moved. You may do this by shaking the piece of jewelry
close to your ear. If you hear a slight noise, this means that the stones
are no longer perfectly secured. Alternatively, you may also rub the piece
of jewelry against a thin cloth. If the cloth catches, this means that the
prongs have moved.
- If you are in the slightest doubt,
it is advisable not to wear your piece of jewelry until you have had it
checked at a Cartier boutique.
Your jewelry should be
cleaned regularly.
If it contains lapis lazuli, coral, pearls,
turquoise or emeralds, or if it contains a significant cluster of stones, the
task of cleaning it should be entrusted to one of our specialists at a Cartier
boutique.
If it does not include these types of stone,
you may carry out the cleaning yourself. Brush the jewelry delicately with a
very soft small brush in lukewarm soapy water, carefully rinse it in lukewarm
water and wipe it with a soft cloth.
Once per year, leave your pieces of jewelry
at a Cartier boutique to have them checked, cleaned and revitalized.
Once every one to three years, have the
stringing of your Cartier pearl necklace serviced.
Pieces of jewelry become
scratched when they come into contact with one another. We recommend storing
them individually in the Cartier case you were given at the time of purchase.
Chains should be closed and laid flat to
avoid the formation of knots.
Do not to place several pieces of jewelry together
without protection between the pieces.