Why this one
The case for this one.
- Yellow gold case with the brancards and vertical lines that defined the Tank a century ago
- Automatic calibre 1899 MC under a dial kept faithful to Louis Cartier's original proportions
- Grey alligator strap and sapphire cabochon crown, the pairing collectors look for first
The Tank Louis Cartier is the reference against which every rectangular watch is measured, born from Louis Cartier's own reading of the tank hulls he saw in 1917. This yellow gold example keeps the case pure and the dial quiet, with the sapphire cabochon crown and railway minute track that have not changed in a century. It wears as a dress watch and reads as a signature.