Cartier Tank Obus – Ref 1630 – 18K YG 

Cartier Tank Obus with reference 1630 with square cream dial and Roman numerals marking each hour. The “Cartier” secret is on the “V” at 7 o’clock. It is a “Swiss” model. The watch comes with blue Breguet color and style hands. The crown is in gold with blue cabochon. It is a 18K yellow gold screwed back case with engraved “Cartier Water Resistant – Swiss Made – 18K – 1630 2 – C128875”. The watch has a quartz movement. The watch comes with a brand-new green strap and 18K yellow gold Cartier buckle. The width between the lugs is 16mm. The watch comes with the original box. 

History

Cartier was founded by Louis-Francois Cartier in 1847 in Paris when it took over “Adolphe Picard”. His son joined the company in 1874. Cartier was making watches for home, chain and wrist. The success really started when Louis married Andree-Caroline Worth. Making a contract with Edmond Jaeger, Cartier secured a lavish collection of ladies watches. In 1906 comes the first platinum watch distinguished by a cabochon set into the crown. The same year came the “Tonneau”. After meeting with Alberto Santos Dumond, the “Santos” came in 1911. Then more models were created as the “Tortue”, “La Baignoire”. 1917 is the creation of the “Tank”, 1932, the “Pasha”.  1968 is “Les Must de Cartier” After tumultuous financial transactions, the company became part of the Richemont group in 2000.

Technical details

Quartz movement. 

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 25mm


Length including lugs: 31mm