Cartier Tank Basculante

In a recent gtg, one of my dear Purist friend Stefan brought along one of his many (Lol) recent acquisitions.

This is his Cartier Tank Basculante. I have never seen one before until he shared his with me. It works very well with a navy blue strap and I really like it too.

The tilting window mechanism on the Tank Basculante has an old world charm that is so rare these days. We joked that this is like a Cartier "Reverso" but it's actually very different as it can tilt in different angles, not just flip like a JLC Reverso.

Some pics to share here.

Once again, big congrats to Stefan for getting yet another fine timepiece of class in his collection!

Cheers
Robin

With my JLC Reverso Rouge. Blue vs Red

💰550 Marketplace Listings for Jaeger LeCoultre›Cartier Tank · 1 for sale · 966 discussions›

I bought this watch from

By: dr.kol : September 23rd, 2015-21:48

a Cartier Boutique about 7 years ago and I love it a lot. Comfy, stylish and a very accurate movement. Best Kari

Glad you like yours Kari

By: jrwong23 (aka watchthebin) : September 24th, 2015-01:07

You have a great collection of very classy pieces! I admire your choices in timepieces Cheers Robin

I do not know how to type the smile...

By: dr.kol : September 24th, 2015-02:01

let's see what you say when I will pick up my next acquisition in some five weeks... Best, Kari Ps. I am proud to be in the oil business. Now in Singapore I am breething the "clean palm oil energy results".

It is a beauty for sure!

By: rnaden : September 23rd, 2015-23:20

Being able to handle it was something - the way it flips out, and very smoothly, I must add, is very interesting. The MM in place of the more common XII is also very cool!

MM in place of XII?

By: jrwong23 (aka watchthebin) : September 24th, 2015-01:09

Yes we had fun trying this watch that evening Richard and glad you like it too What you mean by MM in place of XII? Cheers Robin

On the dial...

By: rnaden : September 24th, 2015-02:39

The MM, which I think means Millenium Minute for this specific model, replaces the XII at the 12 o\'clock position

Oh I see!

By: jrwong23 (aka watchthebin) : September 24th, 2015-02:57

Thanks for clarifying Richard. I understand now Cheers Robin

MM is Latin for 2000

By: MTF : September 24th, 2015-06:43

That model was the Tank Basculante Millennium edition (365 pieces) in steel for the Y2K changeover; in case all hell broke loose electronically, at least you could still tell the time mechanically It was the CPCP era of Cartier watches. The caseback is en...