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Cartier: Tank MC

 

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It’s the timeless Tank model in its most masculine version ever – featuring an almost square-shaped dial. It’s a tribute by Cartier watchmaking to the modern dandy and to elegance, in the perfection of its straight lines, its natural curvature and the harmony of its geometry.

A self-winding watch with the first movement produced by the Cartier Manufacture, the 1904 MC, with its oscillating weight and beautiful mechanism visible through the sapphire case back.

This variation on the famous Tank rectangle offers a generous time display on a large dial with a wide breadth that creates the illusion of a square. It makes a strongly masculine impression, energised by the addition of small seconds that gives the dial serious watchmaking allure.

And it still carries the iconic Tank look with its guilloché dial, striking rail-track and Roman numerals (black on white or white on black). Cartier has developed this perfect style equation in several versions: an all-steel or pink gold case, white or chocolate dial, diamond-set or skeletonised.










Tank MC Skeleton Watch in palladium

Case: palladium
Dimensions: 43.90 mm x 39.10 mm
Thickness: 9.3 mm
Crown: octagonal palladium set with a sapphire
Case back: transparent sapphire crystal
Water-resistance: 30 metres
Hands: sword-shaped in blued steel
Strap: alligator skin
Buckle: adjustable double folding buckle
in rhodium-plated 18-carat white gold
Calibre 9611 MC
Casing-up dimensions: 12 1/2 lines x 12 1/2 lines,
28 mm x 28 mm
Dimensions (total): 28.6 mm x 28.6 mm
Thickness: 3.97 mm
Number of jewels: 20
Number of parts: 138
Balance: 28,800 vibrations/hour
Power reserve: approx. 72 hours
Individually numbered movement








Tank MC Watch, self-winding mechanical Manufacture movement, calibre 1904 MC-PS

Case: steel
Dimensions: 44 mm x 34.3 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Crown: octagonal steel set with a spinel
Dial: black flinqué
Hands: sword-shaped in rhodium-plated steel
Crystal: sapphire
Strap: alligator skin
Buckle: adjustable double folding buckle
in steel
Calendar: aperture at 3 o’clock,
small seconds at 6 o’clock
Case back: transparent sapphire crystal
Water-resistance: 30 metres



Tank MC Watch, self-winding mechanical Manufacture movement, calibre 1904 MC-PS

Case: 18-carat pink gold
Dimensions: 44 mm x 34.3 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Crown: octagonal in 18-carat pink gold
set with a sapphire
Dial: silvered flinqué
Hands: sword-shaped in blued steel
Crystal: sapphire
Strap: alligator skin
Buckle: adjustable double folding buckle
in 18-carat pink gold
Calendar: aperture at 3 o’clock,
small seconds at 6 o’clock
Case back: transparent sapphire crystal
Water-resistance: 30 metres

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