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Small Cartier Tank Louis Cartier watch, rectangular 18kt white gold case (22.0mm width), leather strap with 18kt white gold Ardillion buckle, silver grained dial with black Roman numerals, #057 Caliber quartz movement, circular grained crown set with a cabochon sapphire, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 30 meters.

With its joints built into the case, it is both a square and a rectangle ? a stroke of stylistic genius, unique in its genre, that consists of concealing the strap connection points under the famous sharp-edged flat vertical sidepieces of the Tank watch. Legend has it that Louis Cartier designed them, in 1917, based on by the horizontal section of the Renault military tanks. Created at the height of World War I, the first prototype of the Tank watch is given to General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe. The power of its design lies in the fact that it makes a clean break with the taste of the day for twists, imposing a formal rigour. The result is that it enjoys immediate popularity, a premonitory glimpse of a trend that overwhelmingly favours pure lines and stylistic elegance. Adopted by the most celebratory figures, from Indian princes to film stars, it bridges time, unchanging, contemporary in each of the consecutive epochs that reinstates it. The list of celebrities who contribute to keeping the myth alive is extensive, from Catherine Deneuve to Elton John, from Princess Diana to the sculptor, C?sar Baldaccini. The Tank Louis Cartier comes in two sizes (small and large) in yellow gold or white gold on leather strap. The Tank Louis Cartier is equipped with a quartz movement in all models, and is water resistant up to a depth of 30 meters.