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The Tank watch

With its joints built into the case, it is both a square and a rectangle – a stroke of stylistic genius and quite unique as the connection points of the strap are concealed under the famous sharp-edged flat vertical sidepieces. 

Legend has it that Louis Cartier designed the watch in 1917, based on the horizontal section of the Renault military tanks. Created during World War I, the first prototype of the Tank watch was presented to General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe. 

The strength of its design made a clean break with the fashion of the times full of twirls and twists, pioneering a new formal rigour. The watch became immediately popular premonitory of a trend that would impose pure lines and stylistic elegance.

Adopted by the most famous people, from Indian princes to film stars, it is timeless, modern and contemporary, an eternal favourite whatever the times. The list of celebrities who keep the myth alive is endless: from Catherine Deneuve to Elton John and Princess Diana...  


Tank Solo

The modest, modern design of the Tank Solo watch made it a classic from the moment it first appeared in the Tank collection. The Tank Solo honors the unique aesthetic that lies behind the collection's success, while reworking the model with a number of variations, adding gold, steel, a pink dial, and a panther or python motif. These highly accessible variations were enthusiastically received.