Shortly after its creation in 1917, Cartier began offering new interpretations of the Tank, exploring variations in shape, size, materials, and dials. These evolutions include the Tank Cintrée, Tank Chinoise, Tank Asymétrique, Tank Américaine, Tank Française, and more recently, the Tank Must with its photovoltaic SolarBeatTM movement.
Created in 1922, the Tank Louis Cartier is the successor to the original Tank, known as the Tank Normale, whose design Louis Cartier reworked just five years after its inception. The case is elongated, the brancards are refined, the angles softened, and the choice of the rectangular shape is embraced.
Pierre Rainero, Image, Style and Heritage Derector
"In 1917, Louis Cartier conceived the first Tank watch, with a geometric precision that was truly unique for its time. Five years later, the Tank known as 'Louis Cartier' was born, featuring a more elongated, rectangular dial and brancards with rounded ends. The elegance and clarity of its refined design have allowed the Tank Louis Cartier to traverse the century with remarkable ease, embodying the timelessness of an icon."
Its creative potential is inexhaustible, and its elegance is always guaranteed. This is thanks to the brilliance of its design, on which Cartier today relies to imagine a larger version featuring a new generation of mechanical Manufacture movement with automatic winding.
Integrated while respecting the lines and proportions of the Tank, this movement, named 1899 MC, allows for the enlargement of the Tank Louis Cartier, available in both rose gold and yellow gold.
A true classic of the Maison, celebrated by aesthetes for its distinctive style, the Tank Louis Cartier has evolved into a genuine collection. Each model is a testament to the iconic features of the Tank: the railway track, Roman numerals, parallel brancards, blued-steel sword-shaped hands, and a beaded winding crown, set with a sapphire or ruby cabochon, or even an inverted pavilion diamond, depending on the model.
