Three Unusual Cartier Tank Watches from the Past 100 Years
If you follow any watch blogs or magazines, odds are that you are already aware that this year is the 100th anniversary of the Cartier Tank. Much has been written about the six new versions of the Tank Louis Cartier that were unveiled a few months back, and for good reason: to many people, the Cartier Tank is the Platonic ideal of a dress watch. I have a personal soft spot for the iconic model as well ? I fell in love with the watch?s quadrilateral design at a young age and it drove my watch obsession that continues to this day. Rather than discuss what the Tank?s centenary might mean going forward like so many others already have, I?d like to highlight three uncommon Tanks that have largely disappeared from the public eye but are some of the most unexpected watches Cartier ever produced. The Cartier Tank á Guichet
The 1928 Cartier Tank á Guichet.
If you paid attention to the Phillips Winning Icons auction that featured Paul Newman?s record-breaking Rolex Daytona, you may have noticed something curious about Lot 31. That 1931 Cartier Tank á Guichet ended up selling for $131,250, but the real story behind the unorthodox design goes back three years earlier to 1928 when the watch was created with a jumping hour in response to a growing interest in watches with a numerical display. Unlike modern jumping hour and minute watches ? think the A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk ? the Tank á Guichet doesn?t even have a visible dial. Rather, it featured a large expanse of metal with...
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