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Cartier’s Tank watch was included in one of the watches that must be collected in this life. A watch series (not a brand) has been active in the market for the 100th anniversary and is a very rare record. At present, there is only another Cartier series has the qualification, that is the Cartier Santos collection. Therefore, Cartier is so low-key for the celebration of Tank this year, we are all a little disappointed. When Cartier was in the exhibition of new watches, I complained a little on Facebook and felt that the Tank was left out.

But looking back, although Tank is classic, in terms of current market trends, it is too refined, not the sporty handsome models that everyone is pursuing. So it didn’t take long for me to let go. Think about it, how many times has the trend evolved since the birth of Tank in the past 100 years? But Tank is always there. As if looking at the people who are blindly chasing the trend under the compassion. This kind of Tank will not care about the number of the 100th birthday, because he will be 200 years old, 300 years old (if humans are not dead).

So, why is the Tank watch so classic? This still has to start from the historical background of the early 20th century.

At the beginning of the 20th century, it was the era when “the pocket watch” was just about to enter the watch era. In 1904, Cartier designed a watch with a leather strap to secure the body to the wrist for the flight artist Santos. For the first time, people know that wearing the watch on the hand can make it easier for the technology to develop rapidly life. At that time, the challenge faced by each brand was how to design a fixed strap, which can be both structurally stable and aesthetically pleasing. Cartier’s Santos watch is the earliest watch with modern lugs structure, which sets the historical position that Santos can never be replaced.

The Tank watch, designed by Louis Cartier in 1917, lifted the line aesthetics of the watch design to the purest level, creating a minimalist design that was unparalleled in that era.

As for the design source of the Tank watch, the fans should be familiar with it, that is, from the tank car. At that time, Louis Cartier saw the heavyweight weapon “Renault Tank” of World War I, drawing inspiration from the flat design of the tank. The track on the two sides of the tank is a structure in which the lugs and the case are integrally formed. The vertically extending lines subtly hide the lugs, making them both functional and decorative, with the most balanced geometry, very streamline and extremely simple.

The appearance of the Tank watch is also regarded as the most representative industrial design work of Art Deco style. Although the term Art Deco was officially released as late as 1925, it was already accumulated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and Louis Cartier was one of the pioneers. Art Deco is considered to be an extension of Art Nouveau, abandoning the soft, curved lines of organic and sensuality, combined with the mechanical aesthetics that arise from industrial culture, expressed in mechanical, geometric, and purely decorative lines. The emphasized rail-shaped “minute track” scale on the tank faceplate, as well as the radial Roman numerals, became Cartier’s most famous design.

The special design of the Tank watch, as well as Cartier’s own brand-name aura, has historically had a large number of celebrity advocates. Needless to say, the French stars such as Catherine Deneuve and Alain Delon. In 1963, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy of the United States gave Mrs. Jackie a Cartier Tank watch, and the back of the watch was also engraved with “To Jackie, Love Jack”, becoming the most famous tank watch in history. French fashion master Saint Laurent also always wears his tank. Princess Diana of the United Kingdom is also a fan of Tank. There is also Pop Art Master Andy Warhol, who once said in an interview that the Tank watch he wore has never been winded up: “I wear a TANK watch, not to watch time, I just want to wear it..”

Although Cartier is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Tank series in a relatively low-key manner, it is still launching a new three-series series for the Tank watch, including the classic TANK Louis Cartier series, which has been fine-tuned and trimmed, with rough lines and the first large-scale steel. The version of the TANK Américaine series makes it easier to get started. And the TANK Franaise is with an elegant route on the line. In addition, the TANK Cintrée Watch, which was unveiled at the annual Advanced Complex Exhibition last month, is the most important high-end watchmaking work in this year’s tank series. Inspired by the TANK Cintrée of 1921, this watch is designed with a curved vertical alignment of the hand-wound movement with the large curvature of the case, echoing the appeal of Cartier’s fine watchmaking-“one watch, one movement”.

In life and the workplace, you need the attention of others. When one of your points can attract the attention of others, you can use your body language and expression to explain the key points you want to emphasize, so that your efforts are rewarding. Instead, wearing a shackle may cause others to negate your preconceptions.

Replica Cartier Two Tone Bracelet 37mm Business Swiss Ballon Bleu Silver SS Case Watch W69008Z3

Tips on Watch Style

Choosing a watch is just like choosing clothes, you must choose what you like. The appearance of the watch, first of all, clearly understand your style, and then understand the classification of the watch, such as solemn, serious, generous dress style office watch; avant-garde luxury fashion sports watch; diving and mountaineering functional watch; simple dressing watch; casual and leisure watch, comfortable and jewellery watch, etc.

Replica Swiss Rolex Datejust Fluted Bezel Yellow Gold Dial/Bezel Convex Lens Date Window Two-tone Steel Jubilee Bracelet Rep Watch Ref.116233

Tips on Price and Brand

After determining the style, then choose the brand within your ability. Each brand has its own fixed style labels, such as the elegant Longines, the avant-garde Bell & Ross, the sports chronograph Tag Heuer, etc. The choice of mid-to-high-end watch brands is the most because the market is huge. In this case, you may face the problem of choosing a brand. Should you choose a big brand or a niche brand? After all, the high-end watch users are huge. The advantage of the big brand is that you wear an Omega and others can clearly identify it even away from you 10 meters. The same bad thing, they will price your social class and taste by using the value of the watch. Niche brands can avoid this. Of course, wearing a watch that everyone doesn’t know also needs to risk being devalued.

Replica Swiss ETA La Grande Classique De Longines Silver Case Big Roman Scale Watch L47094112

Tips on Visual Inspection of the Watch

The Swiss made watches are imported. From Switzerland, which is a watchmaker, to worldwide, from the brand, customs, retailers to the consumers, the watch will wear down inevitably. So, before the money is handed over to the sales staff, you must carefully check it, from the case, the mirror, the dial, the scale pointer, etc., to see if the case has blisters, scratches, bumps, whether the watch glass is scratched, and the case is tightly embedded, whether have dust in the dial, whether there is flaws, the scale and the pointer are bent and deformed or not, whether the dial and the pointer are coated with smoothness, the dial scale line or the luminous point is complete or not, and so on.

Replica Omega Seamaster GMT Co-Axial Planet Ocean Black Unidirectional Rotating Bezel Luminous Scale Stainless Steel Watch

I am not advocating or supporting the fakes, but I do not despise those who use the replica. The main reason is that everyone is not easy to make money. Why not spend a small amount of money on wearing high-quality watches? Because there is no so-called tariff, no counter expenses, no brand agency fees, and no counter profits!