Cartier Privé Tank Normale

Each year, a rare watch joins Cartier Privé, the collectors’ collection that celebrates and explores the Maison’s mythical models through limited edition and numbered watches. These unique and sought-after watches bridge the gap between Cartier’s watchmaking heritage and their contemporary aesthetic vision. Today, Cartier Privé reveals its 7th opus: the Tank Normale, which takes its place alongside the Crash watch, the Tank Cintrée, the Tonneau, the Tank Asymétrique, the Cloche and the Tank Chinoise. Made in 1917 by Louis Cartier and sold two years later, the Tank is one of the most remarkable creations of the Maison and indeed in the history of watchmaking. Its meticulous design and pure lines have made it an eternal watch capable of transcending time.

This year, Cartier has dreamt up an hour/minute version that borrows the proportions and bevelled sapphire crystal of the original. It comes in yellow gold with a brown alligator strap and in platinum with a black alligator strap. A first for the Cartier Privé collection, it is also available with a yellow gold and a platinum bracelet, with contrasting satin and polished finishes in a clear nod to the 1970s. The case and bracelet appear as one with their satin finishes. This continuity is juxtaposed against the polished finish, which highlights the outlines of the brancards and the edges of the case.

To this iconic shape in the Maison’s watchmaking history, Cartier adds one of its signature complications with a skeleton movement. It also features a 24-hour complication marked by a sun and crescent moon, 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 appear 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 on the winding crown. A watch with a case set with brilliant-cut diamonds completes the ensemble, in a limited edition of 20 numbered pieces, featuring alligator straps in two shades of blue with a brilliant-cut diamond on the winding crown.

Hallmarks of the original Tank can be found throughout all these variations: blued hands, a cabochon on the winding crown and, on the simple Tank Normale, rail tracks and a secret signature – countless signs that this collector’s watch is right at home in Cartier Watchmaking.

Technical specifications

Cartier Privé Tank Normale Skeleton

Reference: CRWHTA0020

Limited edition of 50 individually numbered pieces

Case

• Material: Platinum 950
• Dimensions: 35.2 mm x 27.8 mm
• Thickness: 8.15 mm
• Glass: Sapphire crystal front and case back
• Platinum 950 crown set with a ruby
• Not water-resistant

Dial and hands

• Skeletonised dial
• Polished blued-steel sword-shaped hands

Movement

• Manufacture Calibre 9628 MC
• Manual winding movement
• Dimensions: 22.38 mm x 22.38 mm
• Thickness: 3.9 mm
• Frequency: 21,600 vibrations/hour (3 Hz)
• Number of parts: 150 parts including 21 rubies
• Power reserve approx. 36 hours.

Functions/Indications

• Hours, minutes, with 24-hour day/night indicator.

Strap and buckle

• Grey alligator-skin strap and burgundy alligator-skin strap
• Platinum 950 ardillon buckle

MSRP: EUR 86'000

Technical specifications

Cartier Privé Tank Normale Skeleton

Reference: CRWHTA0021

Limited edition of 50 individually numbered pieces

Case

• Material: Yellow gold 750
• Dimensions: 35.2 mm x 27.8 mm
• Thickness: 8.15 mm
• Glass: Sapphire crystal front and case back
• Yellow gold 750 beaded crown set with a sapphire
• Not water-resistant

Dial and hands

• Skeletonised dial
• Polished blued-steel sword-shaped hands

Movement

• Manufacture Calibre 9628 MC
• Manual winding movement
• Dimensions: 22.38 mm x 22.38 mm
• Thickness: 3.9 mm
• Frequency: 21,600 vibrations/hour (3 Hz)
• Number of parts: 150 parts including 21 rubies
• Power reserve approx. 36 hours.

Functions/Indications

• Hours, minutes, with 24-hour day/night indicator.

Strap and buckle

• Brown alligator-skin strap and green alligator skin strap
• Yellow gold 750 ardillon buckle.

MSRP: EUR 76'500

Technical specifications

Cartier Privé Tank Normale Skeleton

Reference: CRHPI01558

Limited edition of 20 individually numbered pieces

Case

• Material: Platinum 950 case set with 42 brilliant-cut diamonds totalling 1.95 carats
• Dimensions: 35.2 mm x 27.8 mm
• Thickness: 8.15 mm
• Glass: Sapphire crystal front and case back
• Platinum 950 beaded crown set with a faceted brilliant-cut diamond totalling 0.12 carats
• Not water-resistant

Dial and hands

• Skeletonised dial
• Polished blued-steel sword-shaped hands

Movement

• Manufacture Calibre 9628 MC
• Manual winding movement
• Dimensions: 22.38 mm x 22.38 mm
• Thickness: 3.9 mm
• Frequency: 21,600 vibrations/hour (3 Hz)
• Number of parts: 150 parts including 21 rubies
• Power reserve approx. 36 hours.

Functions/Indications

• Hours, minutes, with 24-hour day/night indicator.

Strap and buckle

• Blue alligator-skin strap and dark blue alligator-skin strap
• Platinum 950 ardillon buckle set with 25 brilliant-cut diamonds totalling 0.20 carats.

MSRP: EUR 115'000

Technical specifications

Cartier Privé Tank Normale

Reference: CRWGTA0110

Limited edition of 100 individually numbered pieces

Case

• Material: Yellow gold 750
• Dimensions: 32.6 mm x 25.7 mm
• Thickness: 6.85 mm
• Glass: Sapphire crystal
• Yellow gold 750 beaded crown set with a sapphire cabochon
• Not water-resistant

Dial and hands

• White dial
• Polished blued-steel sword-shaped hands

Movement

• Manufacture Calibre 070
• Manual winding movement
• Dimensions: 15.29 mm
• Thickness: 2.15 mm
• Frequency: 25'200 vibrations/hour
• Number of parts: 82 parts including 21 rubies
• Power reserve approx. 38 hours.

Functions/Indications

• Hours, minutes

Strap and buckle

• Yellow gold 750 bracelet

MSRP: EUR 49'800

Technical specifications

Cartier Privé Tank Normale

Reference: CRWGTA0111

Limited edition of 100 individually numbered pieces

Case

• Material: Platinum 950
• Dimensions: 32.6 mm x 25.7 mm
• Thickness: 6.85 mm
• Glass: Sapphire crystal
• Platinum 950 beaded crown set with a ruby cabochon
• Not water-resistant

Dial and hands

• White dial
• Polished grey steel sword-shaped hands

Movement

• Manufacture Calibre 070
• Manual winding movement
• Dimensions: 15.29 mm
• Thickness: 2.15 mm
• Frequency: 25'200 vibrations/hour
• Number of parts: 82 parts including 21 rubies
• Power reserve approx. 38 hours.

Functions/Indications

• Hours, minutes

Strap and buckle

• Platinum 950 bracelet

MSRP: EUR 57'500

Technical specifications

Cartier Privé Tank Normale

Reference: CRWGTA0108

Limited edition of 200 individually numbered pieces

Case

• Material: Yellow gold 750
• Dimensions: 32.6 mm x 25.7 mm
• Thickness: 6.85 mm
• Glass: Sapphire crystal
• Yellow gold 750 beaded crown set with a sapphire cabochon
• Not water-resistant

Dial and hands

• White dial
• Polished blued-steel sword-shaped hands

Movement

• Manufacture Calibre 070
• Manual winding movement
• Dimensions: 15.29 mm
• Thickness: 2.15 mm
• Frequency: 25'200 vibrations/hour
• Number of parts: 82 parts including 21 rubies
• Power reserve approx. 38 hours.

Functions/Indications

• Hours, minutes

Strap and buckle

• Brown alligator-skin strap, yellow gold 750 ardillon buckle.

MSRP: EUR 33'300

Technical specifications

Cartier Privé Tank Normale

Reference: CRWGTA0109

Limited edition of 200 individually numbered pieces

Case

• Material: Platinum 950
• Dimensions: 32.6 mm x 25.7 mm
• Thickness: 6.85 mm
• Glass: Sapphire crystal
• Platinum 950 beaded crown set with a ruby cabochon
• Not water-resistant

Dial and hands

• White dial
• Polished grey steel sword-shaped hands

Movement

• Manufacture Calibre 070
• Manual winding movement
• Dimensions: 15.29 mm
• Thickness: 2.15 mm
• Frequency: 25'200 vibrations/hour
• Number of parts: 82 parts including 21 rubies
• Power reserve approx. 38 hours.

Functions/Indications

• Hours, minutes

Strap and buckle

• Black alligator-skin strap, platinum 950 ardillon buckle.

MSRP: EUR 37'400

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