The Tank with the hidden crown. Discontinued, with a dated card.

Cartier is the house that made the wristwatch a shape rather than a circle: the Tank of 1917, the Tortue of 1912, the Tonneau of 1906, each a case with Roman numerals, blued sword hands and a cabochon in the crown. Cartier makes them in gold and in steel, in quartz and in mechanical, and on the pre-owned market the gold ones sit where a Rolex Datejust does in price and a step above it in how they read across a table.

Cartier made the Tank Anglaise from 2012 to about 2020: the Tank Francaise idea, an integrated bracelet, with the crown pulled inside the case flank so nothing interrupts the outline. It never sold like the Francaise and Cartier dropped it, which is why it is rarer on the pre-owned market and why people who like it, like it a lot. Rebag’s unit has a dated warranty card, which fixes when it was sold, and the grade is Very Good with minor scratches. Same silvered Roman dial as every Tank; the difference is entirely in the case.

Rebag gives the width as 23mm, the thickness as 7mm, the band width as 14mm, the wrist size as 6.0 inches, steel for case and band, quartz, a dated warranty card, and Very Good with minor scratches. The recessed crown, Roman dial and hands are from the photograph. No reference is stated; W5310022 is the catalogue match, marked confirm. Water resistance is Cartier’s figure for the model. That the model is discontinued is per Cartier’s current catalogue.

Rebag authenticates in-house and is not a Cartier authorised dealer, and Amazon adds its 30-day return window. Ask for the reference and the numbers on the caseback, close-up photographs of the wear, and when it was last serviced. Nothing here was measured on the watch.

This unit is sold by Rebag through Amazon Luxury Stores, authenticated by the seller with Amazon’s 30-day return window on top; it is one piece, and when it sells the listing goes away, so the second button opens the live search for Tank Anglaises.

Steel Cartiers have resold close to what pre-owned buyers paid, sometimes more, sometimes less; that is a pattern, not a promise, and nothing here is investment advice.