Breaking Down An Icon: The Cartier Tank

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Breaking Down An Icon: The Cartier Tank | MR PORTER

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Icons of watchmaking don’t come much bigger than the Cartier Tank. More than a century old and still fervently popular, it has one of the most distinctive yet versatile designs of any wristwatch. In this film, we explore just what makes a Tank so desired, from its signature “brancards” to its ability to stretch and grow yet remain undeniably a Tank. With a celebrity following more star-studded than any other watch, the Tank was one of the first watches to achieve true unisex appeal, and is as much of a cultural icon as a horological one. Featuring the classic Tank LC, a vintage Tank Américaine Chronoreflex (one of the rarest and most complicated Tank references ever created) and the brand new Tank Must, launched in 2021, our film shows the breadth and depth of this deceptively simple watch.
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@Interclass2 5 ай бұрын

With so much content created on a daily basis, it is remarkably refreshing to watch the review of an object which is so genuinely respected and understood by the reviewer.

@craig2100 2 жыл бұрын

A classic and timeless design making the simple but forward design a perfect statement. The tank is a beautiful design...period.

@kabysummit5801 8 ай бұрын

My wife lost her Cartier Tank on vacation 3 years ago. It's the only material possession, that she ever missed for more than a few months. The other being the Porsche Macan which she traded in for a more fuel-efficient vehicle when she worked 9 to 5. I can read her expressions when she talked about the loss of the watch even recently. This coming anniversary, I'm going to take us to Makati city PH on tour and stop by the Cartier store for her to pick out the one she likes. I think I'll pick one up as well since I've always wanted one ever since I started paying attention to watches. Why is this watch so powerfully romantic, I'm not so sure. I just know.

@lewisjones3345 2 жыл бұрын

I just bought my first Cartier Tank (the new Must de Cartier XL) and I love it. It feels so classy, but understated. A perfect addition to my collection. I love still wearing a dress watch and a suit or blazer.

@ronschwolsky1626 2 жыл бұрын

I too got the XL. Automatic in-house movement and perfect size. Love it!

@johnnymartinez2048 2 жыл бұрын

I received my Cartier Tank Must XL August 8th and I’m loving it!!!!

@Najeeg7 Жыл бұрын

Got the same one. Apparently they hard to find now

@o.3825 Жыл бұрын

I had one sold it didn't like it at all to big. en way to over hyped.

@paultrinca 2 жыл бұрын

Despite the word timeless being thrown around loosely in the watch world, it's safe to say that the Tank reserves its place amongst those timeless legends... Many are discouraged by the intimidating price tag but there are a myriad more affordable tank renditions still out there to enjoy. Great video as always -Paul from Remont

@rezathenightfly 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderfully stylish presentation of one of life's perennial classics. Well done, Mr. Porter.

@Santos.Sarmento 2 жыл бұрын

A great and deserved tribute to this timeless watchmaking icon. Greetings from Brazil.

@MostEasterlySteve 2 жыл бұрын

The Cartier Tank Louis quartz version is ruined by the date at 3. What were they thinking? Destroys the balance of the dial. Furthermore that watch also has mineral crystal. £9000 and they don't fit sapphire!! The Manual wind version is much nicer and has a guilloche centre section in the dial, no date, but is £11,300 - insane! The best bang for the buck by a long chalk is the large size Must de Cartier (exactly the same case dimensions as both Tank Louis) in steel.

@Derby007 2 жыл бұрын

The epitome of elegance

@JoleneLin78 10 ай бұрын

Just got my Cartier Tank Must extra-large with black leather strap today and loving the look and how lightweight and comfortable it is (compared to the stainless steel bracelet version)- cannot wait to wear it everyday! 😄⌚️

@joshn.5625 2 жыл бұрын

I have a Tank Solo automatic. It is timeless. My biggest (and perhaps only) gripe is the unusual lug width, as I have to order custom straps for it.

@timeisahumanconstruct9251 2 жыл бұрын

what is the lug width? it's never advertised.

@joshn.5625 2 жыл бұрын

@@timeisahumanconstruct9251 22.5 mm

@timeisahumanconstruct9251 2 жыл бұрын

@@joshn.5625 very weird. you have the large tank size?

@joshn.5625 2 жыл бұрын

@@timeisahumanconstruct9251 yes the Tank Solo XL. I ended up getting a custom strap made which is very nice and still about 1/3 the price of an OEM.

@timeisahumanconstruct9251 2 жыл бұрын

@@joshn.5625 ok, thanks.

@SwissWatchGang 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Tank, my favorite so far is the Tank Basculante! :)

@MichaelGardinerB2B 2 жыл бұрын

Just got one of these this month! Such a fun watch

@american236 4 ай бұрын

Wow. Elegant video.

@anthonygarcia49 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful timeless design.

@BarackCohen 2 жыл бұрын

A great video. Just in time - I plan on getting one in Italy next month.

@markadriane6482 Жыл бұрын

I just bought a vintage Must de Cartier and i love it so much. Appreciating the simple watch in the age of high technology.

@carlarochachi5331 2 жыл бұрын

My boyfriend just gifter me vintage 1981 cartier tank because i turned 41 yrs old and i was born 1981. I wear it all the time. My watch is the same age as me!!!

@dingmingzou9866 2 жыл бұрын

This video is a master piece

@ulrichk7727 2 жыл бұрын

what was the point of winding a quartz watch?? :-) Cartier's designs are so elegant and beautiful

@kgreenberg2282 Жыл бұрын

If this video doesn't make you want to own a Tank, nothing will. Kudos.

@badarikrishna3169 Жыл бұрын

I remember the infamous dialogue in one of the episodes of GAME OF THRONES "Power is an illusion, it resides where we believe it resides" much goes with the TANK.

@eddymundo2253 2 ай бұрын

It's wonderful that the price of this wonderful watch is so outrageously high... because it keeps me from having one!

@sicks6six 2 жыл бұрын

A long time back, I bought a Cartier Tank from someone who knew nothing about it (nor did I) I assumed it was a fake due the low price I paid and when I took the back off it had a battery inside, someone offered to buy it off me for far more than I paid for it, but I declined and kept it, it got broke in an accident and I eventually lost it somehow, looking at this and now knowing they did have batteries I'm thinking perhaps I did have a real one, the movement had Seiko stamped on it, so I reckon it was a fake, but it was a nice fake, sort of second prize in a sweep stake, it kept exact time and the date fitted inside the window as it should, when wearing it you didn't notice you had it on but everyone else did !

@trevorbaier7072 2 жыл бұрын

Just spectacular. Beautiful compliment to your Reverso video.

@wavygoods877 2 жыл бұрын

I bought the Santos de Cartier two-tone medium. And I want to buy the Tank must as a gift for someone else.

@jonkoepnick3012 2 жыл бұрын

If you feel so inclined, I would take it as a gift lol.

@AGC828 Жыл бұрын

the epitome of elegance/formal watch. Offered in a wide price range too so it's not too out of reach for many (willing to spend at least ($5k CAD). If you had to have only 2 watches...one sporty one formal...this should be one of the two. One watch that has been featured in Hollywood films. Which amazingly DOES help sell watch and make vintage wathes worth so much more e.g. The ....was it a Tank or a rolex Daytona on Steve Mcqueen's wrist in the mvoie LeMans? I think a Daytona...HIS actual watch sold for a crazy $17M USD :)) Star power. The Cartier Tank on "Gordon Gekko's wrist" --Michael Douglas in the film Wall Street. Funny his watch wasnt sold for crazy money like McQueens. If sold at all.

@nickgee7291 2 жыл бұрын

great video! so well made!

@ditmerk 2 жыл бұрын

Beatiful watch and presentation likewise

@mircea3861 2 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful video,congratulation! All the best👏👏👏👏👏👏

@serge_oehn 2 жыл бұрын

I was hoping you would make a video about this - in my opinion - queen of watches. So elegant, classy and should I say… sexy? The perfect companion for the gentelman.

@TomSchmitzLP 2 жыл бұрын

The greatest watch of all time.

@lecta4170 6 ай бұрын

beautiful ❤

@bruhy3n625 2 жыл бұрын

Just bought a Cartier Tank Chronoflex!

@LoAn981blackhawk 7 ай бұрын

I’m buying my 1st Tank Must soon! Just need to decide which one out of the group of 4 I selected for consideration 🤦🏽‍♀️

@stepmaster9988 Жыл бұрын

First time I realised the tank watch hands are blue. Had to get up and look 😊

@maliktaukenov7505 2 жыл бұрын

Pure style

@lemmontree1 2 жыл бұрын

Superb video!

@Pineconeboy55 2 жыл бұрын

Wish I could love this watch

@bianca_racc Жыл бұрын

Absolutely classic 🖤✨

@nawar166 Жыл бұрын

I really wanna get one

@martinw6881 2 жыл бұрын

Love these vids and the presentation.

@erique_k Жыл бұрын

Fellow Kraftwerk fan I see.

@truper232424 Жыл бұрын

Perfection.

@FABM27 2 жыл бұрын

For versatality, I prefer my JLC Reverso. The arabic numerals makes it suitable for both casual and smart/business casual attire.

@realriskybiz Жыл бұрын

This guys voice is like drinking a warm cup of tea on a cloudy drizzly day in a city and cafe you've never been before. It's like the new sweater that is the perfect combination of warmth and comfort that fits just perfectly.

@kenneth7826 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!!!!!

@19eugen94 2 жыл бұрын

The stone in the crown is only sapphire with precious metals. Also there is at least one platinum model with a ruby instead.

@SirPlutoUnruly 2 жыл бұрын

This a very good video 👍

@niccologiannuzzi5275 2 жыл бұрын

Iconic

@diaryofjasper3101 2 жыл бұрын

The large Tank Solo in pink gold - Are these solid 18k gold or gold plated? (I know the case back is steel)

@jlo1423 2 жыл бұрын

Not all cartiers blue stones are sapphire

@bennychen7433 2 жыл бұрын

Tank de Must ! First cartier

@rutgersmits8742 Жыл бұрын

The Cartier been shown with the brown leather strep, someone knows which model that is? Thanks in advance!

@rutgersmits8742 Жыл бұрын

@@erique_k Thank you very much!

@900bdk 2 жыл бұрын

Hello - nice video - I am still hesitating between a used Reverso and a new Cartier Solo with the new caliber. I tend more and more towards the Cartier …. By the way, what is the background music ? Thanks Bart, Belgium

@lukeh2440 Жыл бұрын

I too and tossing up between Reverso and tank. Which one did you go with?

@altr. 2 жыл бұрын

Which version is the solar powered one? Was trying to look for it on their website but to no avail...

@saigonbamuoisaudonongquaoi2346 2 жыл бұрын

the tank Must

@altr. 2 жыл бұрын

@@saigonbamuoisaudonongquaoi2346 thank you! Thought the non solar/quartz only ones were the Must, haha

@CubanBBQ 2 жыл бұрын

It’s not out yet (In America at least) it was supposed to come out sometime in September but still hasn’t hit the website yet.

@altr. 2 жыл бұрын

@@CubanBBQ didnt know about that detail... thank you for the heads up!

@micaylab1 2 жыл бұрын

When it comes to Cartier watch wearers, Why does everyone forget Tim Curry?!😤

@vladmatsnev 2 жыл бұрын

It’s rather disappointing to see that the best videos so far were the older ones, including many different series. Now it’s just a watch channel, no matter the quality of production.

@freekruka3705 2 жыл бұрын

i do miss the old ones too. The ones of the drawers :') inspired me so much

@randolph1917 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Porter is owned by the swiss luxury consortium, The Richemont Group. Cartier just happens to be one of their subsidiaries, among every other watch brand they'll mention.

@VibeofUk 7 ай бұрын

Old money

@PhilipPStanil Жыл бұрын

💘

@gavincheng0394 2 жыл бұрын

Tank looks great on brochure, the internet, social media, look good in real life. Below average on the wrist as it doesn't fit the contour of the wrist.

@WilliamRandomUploads 2 жыл бұрын

Time to break the bank

@NaturalSounds1 2 жыл бұрын

What is the book that's shown at 0:40?

@Fush1234 11 ай бұрын

They were given their watch fella. But you choose not to say this

@sanjayharsh3532 Жыл бұрын

Sir please try titan edge from India (tank design with a 7 year) battery warranty. Plus the price point and elegance look at it and see the difference thanks god bless

@splat668 2 жыл бұрын

Mr porter needs a new marketing manager

@ObaidKhan-ue3su 2 жыл бұрын

Please keep this narrator for all watch videos for now and until forever. Also Tom Ford for all things Fashion

@saadianiaa1414 2 жыл бұрын

😅😃🤩😀🤗😄🥰

@chapeaumelonbottesdecuir 2 жыл бұрын

shame you have to pay so much for a decent mechanical movement tho...quartz should be reserved for entry level watches.

@bighands69 2 жыл бұрын

People only think that about quartz because it tends to be used a lot in budget watches. At one point budget watches were all mechanical.

@ManlyHK1 2 жыл бұрын

Just bought one a month ago, had quality issue (power reserve so low, only about 20 hours), but exchanged one, it's brilliant. This watch can bring the best of masculinity when paired with an alligator strap and a nice suit - my first encounter of the watch was exactly that, worn by a handsome man in suit and tie. So I disagree it's a unisex watch.

@rudyvasquez4512 2 жыл бұрын

Who cares , I'll tell you what, the ladies love seeing that thing on your wrist ,

@ManlyHK1 2 жыл бұрын

@@rudyvasquez4512 Yes even my boss describes me in front of all others as a "gentleman"!!