A silver cased Tank Cintrée style watch. A very interesting, handsome and unusual unbranded Swiss made curved case, long and fine Tank model. This particular example is not by any of the traditional names that one would expect to find from such a watch. The case is a beautifully made curvex style that is long, but wraps smoothly and comfortably around the wrist. The shaped dial extends all the way along the curve with a small frame surrounding it giving the overall appearance
The watch has a lot of the design elements that Cartier lovers covert, so it is easy to see why this watch is so appealing. The Roman numeral dial with black painted hands certainly exude a Cartier aesthetic. The beautiful. unsigned dial is in excellent condition with no signs of crazing or damage from moisture or dirt, as can often be the case with these watches that can suffer from not being very tightly sealed. The case shows no signs of polishing and is in excellent condition with original horizontally brushed sides and high polished front to the case.
The watch is powered by a manually wound, ETA produced, caliber 2412 movement. This is a fairly rudimentary, but reliable, movement that powered the vast number of Cartier watches from the mid 1980’s through to the early 1990’s, along with a number of other luxury watch houses such as Bueche Girod, with whom some attribute this watch to. We cannot confirm that it was made by this Swiss brand. From assessing other examples found they are all within this range of under one hundred examples made. Inside the case is the Swiss mark for 800 of the Coq de Bruyére for 800 silver. There is also a case maker's mark inside. This has not been deciphered.
Overall, this is a wonderful take on the now iconic Cartier watch that trade for well into the six figure range. It is in superb original condition. The case is strong, and is unpolished. This is the larger men's size. Still not large in today's terms, as although it is on 18mm wide it is over 40mm in length. It is also unusual to find silver cases. If you are looking for a unique looking stylish play on the Tank, this is hard to beat for the money.
