Cartier Tank Normale

Tank Normale, Émail Bleu | A yellow gold rectangular wristwatch with blue champlevé enamel brancards, Circa 1961

Cartier, Paris Tank Normale, Émail Bleu A yellow gold rectangular wristwatch with blue champlevé enamel brancards, Circa 1961 Dial: cream dial signed Cartier, stretched radial Roman numerals, inner chemin-de-fer minute track, blued steel Breguet hands Calibre: 9 ¼’’’ circular Jaeger-LeCoultre calibre K821 movement signed Cartier Inc., damascened Côtes de Genève decoration, lever escapement, 18 jewels, annular balance with poising screws, flat hairspring, adjusted to temperatures and three positions Movement number: numbered to back of main plate 1'375'623 Case: 18k yellow gold case, gold screw-set lug bars, gold case back secured by 4 screws to case sides, multi-faceted crown with faceted sapphire setting, the front of the brancards infilled with blue champlevé enamel Case number: outside case back with French eagle’s head assay mark, Edmond Jaeger punch mark and hand stamped Paris Reference numbers 43'739 and faintly 015'665, inside case back with hand stamped numbers 43'739 Closure: dark blue unsigned leather strap and 18k gold Cartier deployant buckle with French eagle’s head assay mark, Edmond Jaeger punch mark and hand stamped numbers 16'945 Size: 30 mm length x 22 mm width Accessories: none A rare decorative version of the Tank Normale, the brancards of the case are filled with dark blue enamel. Examples of the Tank Normale with enamel banding to their brancards are scarce and had first made an appearance in the early 1920s. Adding bold accenting that accentuates the stretch of the brancards, the rich blue enamel also compliments the blued finish of the hands and the blue sapphire-set crown.卡地亞 巴黎 Tank Normale, Émail Bleu 黃金長方形腕錶，備藍色內填琺瑯錶邊，約1961年製