Cartier Tank a Vis Privee Collection

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This is an 18k yellow gold Cartier Tank a Vis Collection Privee CPCP W1529451. It includes an alligator leather strap with an 18K yellow gold deployment buckle and a scratch resistant sapphire crystal. It has a signed pull-out octagonal winding crown set with a sapphire cabochon, and a solid case back secured with 8 screws engraved with "CARTIER – MECHANIQUE – WATER RESISTANT – 750 – 2484 D - SWISS MADE," hallmarks, and a serial number. The 27mm by 30mm rectangular art deco-style solid tonneau two-body case, straight lugs, and stepped slightly convex sloped bezel with 4 gold face screws, are polished. It includes a silver sunray guilloche dial with a central rose motif, black Roman numeral hour markers (with the "secret" Cartier signature in the VII), blued Cartier "observatoire" style hour and minute hands, and there is an inner black railway-style hour/minute scale. It's water resistant to 30 meters/100 feet, it has a 36-hour power reserve at full winding, and the 7.5mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed. This Cartier Tank a Vis Collection Privee CPCP W1529451 has a mechanical manual winding Cartier caliber 437MC (based on the Piaget caliber 430P) rhodium-plated movement. It's engraved with special Cartier decoration, and a signed Cartier rotor. It's constructed with 18 jewels, 131 components, a shock absorber device, and a straight-line lever escapement. It includes a monometallic balance, a micrometer regulator, and a self-compensating flat balance spring. The mechanism oscillates at a frequency of 21,600 vph (3Hz). Cartier Tank a Vis Collection Privee CPCP W1529451 was introduced c. 2000. The CPCP stands for the Collection Privee Cartier Paris. This watch is based on the Cartier water resistant Tank Etanche of 1931, allegedly inspired by the Pasha de Marrakesh's desire to wear a watch in his pool.

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