The Tank rolls on - 1920 to 2012
The Cartier Tank is famous. It is arguably the most famous form watch in the world, and often cited as an iconic watch. First conceived in 1917 by Louis Cartier, legend has it that the Tank was inspired by the tanks that first saw action during the First ...
That Tank Cintrée, Cartier London, c. 1929
Almost killed me; what a looker! Great post SJX, good to seeing all these vintage pieces. GEO
The back of that Tank
Inscribed "Felix from Fred '29" Fred is of course Fred Astaire. - SJX This message has been edited by SJX on 2012-02-25 23:31:54...
And I assume Felix is Felix Edwardes
who directed a few of Fred's performances. Regards, Richard.
That I'm not sure
Fred was a lot more famous than Felix, so he's the one remembered! - SJX
A beautiful icon...
A beautiful iconic watch. Even though it could be said that today's models are lacking a little savoire faire in the craftsmanship of the movement. The style and iconic look of this watch is one that I will never tire of. A beautiful watch, that I would b...
An interesting point
The bulk of the Fine Watchmaking range is not in the Tank case, save for the Tank tourbillon. Imagine a skeleton Tank, like the Santos Dumont skeleton? - SJX...
SJX - great post, can you look at this tank...?
Thanks for great historic tank photos. I am wondering if you can date this one: Looking like 20's but I am not sure.. ...
Hard to say
The dial looks to me like a redial, but it's hard to tell from the photos. - SJX