Cartier tank in 18K gold electroplated and manual wind movement
BRAND: |
CARTIER |
MODEL: |
TANK |
YEAR: |
CONTEMPORARY |
MATERIAL: |
18K GOLD ELECTROPLATED |
SIZE – DIAMETER EXCLUDING WINDING CROWN: |
20.50MM |
SIZE – LENGTH INCLUDING LUGS: |
29MM |
CONDITION: |
GOOD |
BOX: | NO |
PAPER: | NO |
PRICE: | SOLD |
Cartier tank in 18K gold electroplated and manual wind movement
Good condition Cartier tank in 18K electroplated. The watch as a white dial with black Arabic numeral for each hour. It is a Swiss model. The watch has blue hands with “Stick” design. The watch has a crown with a blue cabochon. On the back case, you have “Cartier – 18k Gold Electroplated - Swiss”. The watch comes with a manual winding movement. The width between the lugs is 15mm. The watch comes with a lizard Cartier brown strap and a Cartier buckle.
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
Cartier Manual wind movement with caliber 78-1, (based ETA 2512-1), 17 jewels and 21,600 A/h.
Measurements
Diameter excluding winding crown: 20.50mm
Length including lugs: 29mm