{"product_id":"cartier-menotte-vintage-18k-white-gold-screw-bangle-bracelet","title":"Cartier Menotte Vintage 18K White Gold Screw Bangle Bracelet","description":"\u003cp\u003eCartier named this bracelet after the French word for handcuff, and they meant it. The Menotte is not a piece that hedges its concept — it commits to it completely. A rigid oval bangle in 18-karat white gold, flat in profile and unadorned on every surface, it fastens by means of a screw mechanism that locks the two ends together with a screwdriver. Once on, it stays on. The wearing of it is a considered act, and so is the removal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat provocation is, of course, entirely the point. Cartier has always understood that jewelry is as much about meaning as it is about material, and the Menotte distills that understanding to its most economical form. There are no stones, no surface decoration, no motif beyond the screw head itself — a small, precisely machined detail that reads as both industrial hardware and high jewelry, simultaneously. The contrast between the cold geometry of the mechanism and the warmth of 18-karat gold is what makes the piece work. It should not be as elegant as it is. It is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe profile of the bangle is flat and squared, giving it a more architectural presence than a round-wire cuff would. It sits close to the wrist without clinging, the rigid oval form holding its shape and position in a way that feels deliberate — placed, not draped. In white gold, the overall effect is spare and cool, with a quality closer to precision instrument than ornament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Menotte occupies a specific and important place in the Cartier canon — it belongs to the tradition of pieces like the Juste un Clou and the early Love bracelet that derive their entire identity from a single, clear idea executed without compromise. Collectors who understand that lineage recognize the Ménotte as a piece that has never quite received the same secondary-market attention as its siblings, which makes examples in this condition — complete with tool — particularly worth noting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 03, The bracelet will fit a wrist up to 6 1\/2\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cartier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47730200314077,"sku":"0003925","price":12500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/7828\/2405\/files\/cartier-menotte-vintage-18k-white-gold-screw-bangle-bracelet-0003925-1230905342.jpg?v=1775069077","url":"https:\/\/www.opulentjewelers.com\/products\/cartier-menotte-vintage-18k-white-gold-screw-bangle-bracelet","provider":"Opulent Jewelers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}