Cartier Tank Must De – Argent – Plaque Or – Cal 78-1  - Small size

Good condition Cartier Tank Must De Argent Plaque Or (Gold-filled). The watch as a black dial. It is a Swiss model. The watch has gold hands with “Stick” design. The watch has a crown with a blue cabochon. On the back case, you have “Cartier – Paris – Argent – Plaque Or G20M – Swiss – 3 - 238771”. The watch comes with a manual winding movement with Cartier caliber 78-1and 17 jewels. The width between the lugs is 15mm. The watch comes with a black lizard 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: 20mm


Length including lugs: 27.50mm