Cartier has put on sale its largest ever high jewelry collection worth $250 million.
The jewelery king hosted a four-day launch party for 400 top clients, in a maharaja's palace themed London townhouse with rose petals.
"We decided really to prove we are the king of jewelers and the jeweler of kings," Cartier Chief Executive Bernard Fornas told Reuters while handling necklaces heavy with emeralds and rubies and diamonds as big as American quarter dollars.