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Pre-Owned Cartier by Analog Shift Tank Louis Mechanique Platinum
Pre-Owned Cartier by Analog Shift Tank Louis Mechanique Platinum
Pre-Owned Cartier by Analog Shift Tank Louis Mechanique Platinum
Pre-Owned Cartier by Analog Shift Tank Louis Mechanique Platinum
Pre-Owned Cartier by Analog Shift Tank Louis Mechanique Platinum
Pre-Owned Cartier by Analog Shift Tank Louis Mechanique Platinum
Pre-Owned Cartier by Analog Shift Tank Louis Mechanique Platinum

Pre-Owned Cartier by Analog Shift Tank Louis Mechanique Platinum AS03738/ 6095266

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Why We Love It

What do General Pershing, Muhammed Ali, and Jackie Kennedy all have in common?

Entrer Le Tank!

It is among the most iconic designs in horological history -the Cartier Tank Louis. It transcends the passing fancies of trend and remains as elegant as it ever was. This beautiful example, presented in platinum with an understated ivory guilloche dial, dates to the early 1990s. While many Tanks from the 90's and beyond featured quartz movements, this piece contains a manual winding movement - ensuring that even the most diehard purest won't need to sacrifice their mechanical priorities upon the altar of classic style.  

The Cartier Story

Despite being a purveyor of haute joaillerie, Cartier has had a long tradition of making watches.

It started in 1907, when founder Louis Cartier made what was arguably the very first wristwatch for his friend Alberto Santos-Dumont. In the following years, the brand made a name for itself with its most famous wristwatch, the Tank, in all its multitudinous forms.

Cartier introduced the Tank in 1917, with a run of six pieces - given, or so the legend goes, to American General Joseph Pershing and his staff. The design of the Tank was inspired by the Renault FT-17 tanks Cartier seen on the battlefields of World War I. Cartier took the look of the Renault tank's treads and applied it to the lugs, which were integrated via brancards into the case itself. That first run of six pieces increased to thirty-three by 1920, and by the end of the 20th Century, that number stood well in the hundreds of thousands. In sheer volume alone, the Tank - in all its various models - is Cartier's largest line of watches. 

The Tank Louis was introduced in 1922, following close on the heels of the Asian-influenced Tank Chinoise. The Tank Chinoise, released amidst a mania for jewelry inspired by the Orient, has a square rather than rectangular case and lugs that resemble the portico of a Chinese pagoda.

From its debut, it would see many variations, each in keeping with Louis Cartier’s taste for clean lines and perfect symmetry. Each variant, from the original Tank, Tank Louis or the Cintrée with its flirtatious, curvaceous lines, had its passionate devotees. Rudolph Valentino, that sensual star of the silver screen, insisted on wearing his Tank onscreen in The Son of the Sheik, and Clark Gable, Andy Warhol, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were among those who sported a Tank throughout the years.

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