Cartier’s simple, unchanging designs are unique in watchmaking, despite being made up of classical elements like Breguet hands and Roman numerals.
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The Cartier Tank Cintrée Replica is an eminently wearable watch that is wonderfully elegant on the wrist. It just wears well.
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And the Cintrée is also an important design. Though it was not the first Tank design, the Cintrée – the word is French for “curved” – is perhaps the quintessential case shape.
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With a colour in mind, the rest of the Luxury Cartier Replica dial had to be pinned down. The first step was the dial design – the obvious candidates were the dial found on the 2018 model and the earlier version with Arabic numerals.
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And then came the colours, both for the dial and the markings. Mr Goldberger’s suggestion was a grey that resembled a slightly faded black dial, and at the same time I wanted something that would only reveal its colour up close.
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So the choice was a dark grey with a radially-brushed surface – a surprisingly unusual finish for the Cheap Tank Cintrée Replica – instead of the usual fine graining or less common guilloche.