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The Most Iconic Cartier Watches – Santos and Tank

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Deca Frost
The Most Iconic Cartier Watches – Santos and Tank

Cartier is a renowned brand name in the Swiss haute horlogerie. Well, technically, the brand is of French origin. It is a Parisian brand that started operations in the 19th century. But once it entered the watchmaking business, it had to establish operations in Switzerland. That being said, today, Cartier is among the crème de la crème of the luxury watchmaking business. Its watches are some of the most sumptuous creations one could ever come across. This blog will take you on a short journey and introduced you to two of the most iconic Cartier watches of all times.

Cartier Santos

The Santos has to be there if we are to discuss about Cartier watches. The brand takes an immense amount of pride when it comes to the Santos collection. The idea behind the Santos collection has an interesting tale behind it. It was the beginning of the 20th century and the times were changing. Suddenly, it was an era when human beings were trying to fly.

Hence, the Cartier Santos price was born. A watch that changed the way watchmaking would be in the future. It was the first men’s wristwatch for sure but that does not mean it complete pioneered the transformation from pocket watches to wristwatches possible. However, it did create a dent large enough for people to notice. Eventually, before anyone knew, men were donning wristwatches like it was just another Tuesday.

Cartier Tank

The success of Cartier Tank has been quite the story. Not only is this brand’s most selling watch, but it is also one of the most popular watches in the entire world. The collection was debuted in 1917 and went into mass production in 1919. OF course, in that era, mass production meant a little under 10 pieces. However, even with those tiny numbers, the Tank crated a huge impact in the international markets. In the era of men’s pocket watches, the Cartier Tank was the second watch to make waves and announce its arrival in a really grand fashion.

The watch takes inspiration from World War 1 battle tanks and their structure. The shape of the watch is exactly like those war machines. But that is where the similarities stop. The watch is simple, elegant, and in many ways, a genius creation. Another watch that is similar in terms of style and class is the Cartier Ballon Bleu price.

The Tank is available in many forms and that is the beauty of it. There might be numerous versions of the Cartier Tank but all of them essentially adhere to the same aesthetic code.

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