We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. OUR NOTES: This is a premium coffee table sized book, hardcover with dust jacket. The volume also includes an extensively researched, comprehensive catalog featuring more than 250 vintage models drawn from Cartiers archives as well as from numerous collections around the world. The catalog also indicates the year each watch was produced, which should prove to be a help in identifying age. The catalog covers from 1917 to the present. ---- copyright 2003, Collector Bookstore, reviewed by John Kincaid, staff PUBLISHER'S REVIEW Among all the timepieces created during the 20th century, the Tank watch, designed by the master jeweler Louis Cartier, has remained the most long-lived and the most coveted by glamorous people around the world. Inspired by the modernistic design of the Renault tank and given to General Pershing in 1918, it was the first elegant wristwatch destined for the modern man of action. Adapted also for women, the Tank has been a constantly evolving masterpiece of the jeweler's art, while remaining an object of practical design for an age of technological progress. This elegant and fascinating book traces the story of the celebrated Tank watch from its inception in 1917 throughout the century, weaving history and anecdote, and linking its many variations to the other great designs for watches and jewelry from Cartier's long and distinguished production. An illustrated history in three parts covers the evolution of the design and tells the story of the famous people who wore them.
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