When creating the timepiece cartier drew inspiration from the renault tanks that he saw on the western front.
Cartier tank louis xl review.
That original watch was a rectangular watch nearly square like its cousin the santos with large rails sometimes called brancards the french for stretcher on either side of the roman numeral dial and a design that was at the time unlike anything else out there.
Reaching a milestone for a classic deserves a grand tribute especially one that is as unforgettable as cartier s tank timepiece.
Cartier tank solo quartz or automatic.
Once again the cartier tank solo xl automatic in steel on a leather strap represents the brand s most affordable mechanical men s watch.
Equally refined yet modernized for contemporary tastes.
One is a quartz model and the other is the tank solo xl an automatic self winding model.
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Louis cartier designed the original tank in the year 1917 as a gift for general john pershing of the american expeditionary force two years before it hit the public marketplace.
The new tank louis cartier xl slimline carrying cartier s hand wound in house calibre 430 mc and measuring just 5 1mm thick was a triumphant return of the design that had become a point of reference for all rectangular wristwatches for nine decades.
You can see both watches using the buttons below.
After 100 years since it was first released the french luxury label celebrated with modernized iterations of the famous watch one of which is their new tank solo timepiece.
Designed and worn by louis cartier himself the tank louis cartier set the standard for all tank watches.
Cartier s current tank collection comprises six models.
The cartier tank solo xl automatic.
Anglaise americaine française louis cartier mc and solo.