Cartier Tank Cintrée made for Barthelay A Tank Louis in yellow

A Tank Louis in yellow gold

and entirely free of the Swiss watchmaking conventions that dominated the luxury market at the time

The Arabic numerals at 12

The elongated 18k yellow gold case houses calibre 9"90

Rolex's in-house quartz movement of the period

Cartier Tank Cintrée made for Barthelay A Tank Louis in yellowThe Tank Cintre is among the most architecturally demanding of all Cartier's Tank family. Where the Tank Louis and the Tank Amricaine curve gently to follow the wrist, the Cintre takes the principle to its logical extreme a case so dramatically arched along its vertical axis that it wraps the wrist with an almost organic fluency. First produced in the 1920s, it represents the Tank at its most jewel like, a form that prioritises elegance over