A Gorgeous Coffeetable Homage to the Cartier Tank Watch: Jackie O's Fave Timepiece
This famous photo of the Stylish One has been instrumental (so to speak) in assuring the Tank a permanent place on the top of every fashionista's Lust List. A symbol of luxe and elegance for both sexes, it has a history as colorful as its pedigree & wide variety of fans.
Designed by Louis Cartier in 1917, it has graced the wrists of Clark Gable, Andy Warhol, silent-film heartthrob Rudolph Valentino, and, more recently, Madonna - all in different guises, from the Chinese Tank to the Tank Crash to the Tank Anglaise.
*CARTIER: The Tank Watch* by historian & Chairman of the Cultural Council of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, Franco Cologni (Flammarion, 2012) will be available starting in September.
- Lesley Scott
(book cover image by Eric Sauvage)
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