Cartier Tank Francaise - Ref 2303 in SS – Quartz movement

Cartier Tank Francaise - Ref 2303 in SS – Quartz movement

Cartier Tank Francaise with reference 2303. The watch has a rectangular light cream dial and black Roman numerals. The bar of the ten is Cartier. 3 sub dials, 12 o’clock for the date, 4 o’clock for the 30 minutes and 7 o’clock for 12 hours. The watch has blue/black hands with “Sword” design. It is a Swiss model. The watch has a crown with a blue cabochon. It is a screwed back case with engraved outside “Cartier – Water Resistant – Swiss Made – 2303 – BB27246”. The watch comes with an quartz movement. The watch comes with a stainless-steel bracelet with double clasp buckle. The width between the lugs is 20mm and length is 6 inches. 

History

Cartier was founded by Louis-Francois Cartier in 1847 in Paris when it took over “Adolphe Picard”. His son joined the company in 1874. Cartier was making watches for home, chain and wrist. The success really started when Louis married Andree-Caroline Worth. Making a contract with Edmond Jaeger, Cartier secured a lavish collection of ladies watches. In 1906 comes the first platinum watch distinguished by a cabochon set into the crown. The same year came the “Tonneau”. After meeting with Alberto Santos Dumond, the “Santos” came in 1911. Then more models were created as the “Tortue”, “La Baignoire”. 1917 is the creation of the “Tank”, 1932, the “Pasha”.  1968 is “Les Must de Cartier” After tumultuous financial transactions, the company became part of the Richemont group in 2000. 

Technical details

Manual winding movement.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 29mm


Length including lugs: 36mm