For what it's worth

The tank is what brought me to the brand, although I yet have to get one. As part of a rotation the manual caliber is just fine, only takes a few seconds and requires little effort. I have a slight preference for the cleaner dial and guilloche pattern of the rose gold model but the YG looks good on you. If color matching a wedding band is a requirement it may influence your decision. There is a case to be made that tanks look better in moderate sizes and there are lots of larger models to choose from if you want something more modern and sporty looking in the future. Lastly and a bit counterintuitive but smaller watches often draw more positive attention and curiosity from watch and non watch people alike. Good luck and keep us posted!

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Tank automatic vs manual

By: pessoa00 : October 17th, 2025-23:07

Been thinking about adding a Cartier to my collection for sometime and went to try these 2 models today at my local AD. I’m not much into squared watches, but find the Tank such an iconic model, that think it is the best candidate, within my budget, on th...

Great post — I think the smaller version has the better wrist presence for you!

By: orahu : October 17th, 2025-23:12

By: pessoa00 : October 18th, 2025-09:47

Thanks! I also liked how it looked through the mirror

The manual does seem to add more diversity to my collection and I have a soft spot for manual wind watches which still are in a very small minority in my collection

Although I am unlikely to influence your opinion regarding the most iconic of Cartier watches...

By: Gregineugene : October 18th, 2025-04:05

...please let me make my case for the black sheep of the family: The Pasha C (in this case a GMT). It is not famous for being seen on the wrist of Jackie O or Lady Di, nor was it designed for an aeronautic pioneer. No...the story is most likely just that....

Thanks for the suggestion

By: pessoa00 : October 18th, 2025-09:50

I can only find 2 Pacha references on the website, but will dig deeper

You'd have to look into secondary market for the most interesting iterations of Pasha...

By: Gregineugene : October 18th, 2025-22:03

...but if you're set on new from boutique with warranty, etc the range is unfortunately limited as Cartier seems to drop the Pasha from its line up every now and then. Just another charming aspect of the unloved Pasha. But you could be richly rewarded for...

Would prefer the smaller Cartier

By: brauner : October 18th, 2025-05:43

because it is a rectangular watch. Looks more elegant. But both are nice. No matter if automatic or hand wind.

Thanks!

By: pessoa00 : October 18th, 2025-09:54

A Cartier Tank is Iconic for a good reason.

By: Marc Obermann : October 18th, 2025-07:22

Really only you can decide which one you like best and there are no wrong choices. The only thing I would say is that it is amazing how quickly the brain can adjust to a smaller watch on the wrist and it becomes normal quite quickly, well at least for me ...

I am going through the same choice myself, also tried both size earlier today at a boutique. I also thought that the larger size was a better fit for my wrist, I think I’ll go with that! But Both look great.

By: diegofox : October 26th, 2025-10:09

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