With its elongated case and dial and its cabochon crown, the Cartier Tank Cintrée is among the most desirable of the vintage Tanks. It was first released in 1921, four years after Cartier designed the first Tank wristwatch for the American General John Pershing, in 1917. The original Tank delivered to Pershing, which went on to be known as the Tank Normale, was subsequently offered in just nine serially produced pieces in 1919. The Cintrée, which was the just the second Cartier Tank to come to market, was an evolution of the Tank Normale. As you can see in the pictures below, the original Cintrée was, as its name suggested, a curved, slimmed-down take of the Tank Normale, and a strong early indicator that the Tank would prove fertile ground for future Cartier design innovations. For a really in-depth dive into the Cartier archives, including a look at an original Cintrée, check out this HODINKEE story from two years ago.
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