The Tank Louis Cartier dares to play with colour and pattern
From Andy Warhol to Charlotte Rampling, from Muhammad Ali to Yves Montand, the Tank has always been the watch of aesthetes and elegant free spirits. This great watchmaking classic can dare to try anything, from red and green lacquer to golden motifs. These chromatic variations are in homage to the dials of the 1970s, and favour the minimalism of a dial without Roman numerals or a railroad track. Their minimalism gives pride of place to the optical intensity of lacquered colours or graphic motifs in yellow gold, rose gold and white gold.
TANK FRANÇAISE, A HEROINE OF PAST AND PRESENT
A worthy heir to the timeless Tank watch and French style.
TANK LOUIS CARTIER
A creation of balanced design and a symbol of timeless elegance.
THE DESIGN
Inspired by the design of a military tank seen from above, the Tank watch is governed by this clear graphic principle: the brancards for the tracks, the case for the vehicle's cabin. From this rapprochement, a new and founding principle is born: the design of the case is integrated into an extension of the bracelet without any break in the visual rhythm.
THE LEGEND AND THE HISTORY
Breaking with its time, the Tank watch immediately resonated with the aesthetes of its generation from the moment of its creation in 1917. It became the watch of the artistic and cultural avant-gardes who appreciated both the purity of its line and its creativity, its way of reinventing itself through new interpretations, yet always faithful to its inimitable style.
