Paying tribute to a timeless icon, Cartier Tank Normale is the latest addition to the prestigious Privé collection.
The Cartier Privé is dedicated to passionate collectors who celebrate and explore the Maison’s legendary models through watches produced in numbered limited series. Each year, the brand offers a rare watch from this exclusive lineup.
In 2023, Cartier Privé reveals its 7th opus: the Tank Normale. Created in 1917 by Louis Cartier and launched two years later, the Tank is one of the Maison’s most remarkable creations, and in the history of watchmaking.
The new Tank Normale hour and minute version borrows the proportions and bevelled sapphire crystal of the original. It is available in yellow gold on a brown alligator strap and in platinum on a black alligator strap.
In addition, this model is supplied on a yellow gold bracelet or a platinum bracelet, with satin and polished finishes evoking a very 70s spirit.
The brand is also offering three limited edition Tank Normale models featuring a skeleton movement, which drives a 24-hour complication marked by a sun and crescent moon that is also skeletonised. While the minute hand turns around the dial in one hour, the hour hand goes round in 24 hours instead of 12 hours.
As a result, daytime hours appear on the upper part of the dial and night-time hours on the lower part. To symbolise the transition from day to night, watchmakers have coated the skeletonised bridges with a gradation of shades adorning the two halves of the dial.
A limited edition of 50 numbered watches, this skeletonised Tank comes in yellow gold on a brown and green alligator strap with a blue sapphire cabochon on the winding crown and in platinum on a burgundy and grey alligator strap with a ruby cabochon.
A version set with brilliant-cut diamonds completes the ensemble, in a limited edition of 20 numbered pieces, featuring an alligator strap in two shades of blue with a brilliant- cut diamond on the winding crown.
These watches also share the codes of the original Tank: blued hands, cabochon on the winding crown and, on the simple Tank Normale, rail tracks and a secret signature.
