Cartier Tank Louis ref. 78086 and gives the dial an

and gives the dial an almost split-seconds appearance at rest

The "Breguet 1570" cartouche sits at the top of the dial — a serial number reference in the tradition the maison has maintained since the founder's era

The white dial is clean and unadorned

giving the watch an intimacy that white gold or platinum cannot replicate at this scale

The gold-filled case — a layer of gold mechanically bonded to a steel base

Cartier Tank Louis ref. 78086 and gives the dial anThe Tank Louis Cartier is the archetype. Not merely a classic watch, but the watch against which the very idea of a dress watch has been measured for over a century. Louis Cartier conceived it in 1917, inspired by the aerial view of a Renault FT tank on the Western Front two parallel tracks, a rectangular body, a form that has never needed revision because it was right from the beginning. Reference 78086 in 18k yellow gold is the perfect size generous