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T H
A TIME SQUARED
FROM THE TANK TO THE BALLON BLEU, HERE’S WHAT
MAKES CARTIER’S WATCH LINEUP SO ICONIC
By Jeremy Freed
WHAT DO TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET, MUHAMMAD ALI,
hol ÉE W I A M A A r f y e AT DO TIMO HÉE CH LAMET MUHAMM D ALI mo C o C o rti th r wa ca he c g t i u including many of the most stylish people of the last 100 years,
ts st im brands. As every serious Cartier enthusiast will tell you, however,
an h b a t d
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th a t d
also happens to make watches. The fact that those watches are
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ab just how powerful Cartier’s influence is. For anyone interested in
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Tank
BALLON BLEU DE CARTIER, $9,250
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A ed e sig ess with dozens of variations produced over the last century, from the
original Tank Normale to quirkier riffs including the Tank Chinoise
and parallelogram-shaped Tank Asymétrique.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF CARTIER.
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