Cartier Tank Française

Details

Make: Cartier

Model: Tank Française

Reference: W51008Q3

Year: 2016

Movement: Quartz

Box & Papers: Complete Set

Case: 25mm × 20mm Stainless Steel

Dial: Silvered white dial with black Roman numerals

Bracelet / Strap: Stainless Steel Cartier Bracelet

Condition: Excellent Pre-Owned Condition

Serviced: June 2026

Warranty: 12 Month Robin Henry Watches Warranty

Price: £2,950

Parisian Design, Everyday Cartier

The Iconic Legacy

The Tank is one of those rare watches where the design matters far beyond the world of watches.

Louis Cartier created the original Tank in 1917, establishing the rectangular case, Roman numerals and railway minute track that would become part of Cartier’s visual language for generations.

The Tank Française arrived in 1996 and brought something different to the family. Its integrated bracelet made the watch feel less like a traditional dress watch and more like a piece of jewellery designed to be worn every day.

That distinction is important. The Française still looks unmistakably like a Tank, but on the wrist it has a character entirely its own.

Why You’ll Love It

Complete set from 2016

Serviced in June 2026

Excellent pre-owned condition

Classic silvered white Cartier dial

Black Roman numerals and blued steel hands

Integrated stainless steel Cartier bracelet

Elegant 25mm × 20mm proportions

Quartz movement makes it wonderfully easy to own and wear

There is a reason this generation of Tank Française remains so popular.

The proportions are beautifully judged. At 25mm × 20mm it is deliberately elegant rather than oversized, while the integrated bracelet gives it enough presence to work as both a watch and a piece of jewellery.

Then there is the dial. Roman numerals, blued hands and that unmistakable Cartier typography. Nothing needs adding because the design was already right.

This 2016 example is particularly appealing as a complete set, presented in excellent condition and serviced in June 2026. For anyone looking for a classic Cartier to wear regularly, it is a compelling way into one of the Maison’s defining designs.

Iconic Status

Cartier has never needed to follow conventional watchmaking rules, and the Tank is perhaps the clearest expression of that.

Its appeal has always extended beyond traditional watch collectors into fashion, art and design. The Tank has been worn across generations precisely because it doesn’t belong to one particular era.

The Française took that century-old idea and made it more contemporary. The integrated bracelet became part of the architecture of the watch rather than simply something attached to it, giving this model the jewellery-like quality that still makes it immediately recognisable today.

Ready to Make It Yours?

Visit us at our home inside Martin & Martin, 30 High Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey.

This 2016 Cartier Tank Française reference W51008Q3 is offered as a complete set in excellent pre-owned condition. Serviced in June 2026, it retains the classic silvered white Roman numeral dial and integrated Cartier steel bracelet that define the Française.

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A beautifully preserved Cartier that proves you don’t need to spend a fortune to put one of the great names in watch and jewellery design on your wrist.

Visit us in person at our home inside Martin & Martin, 30 High Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey.

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