Cartier Tank Basculante Mécanique Patina rotating the crown moves the

rotating the crown moves the inner bezel

A chronograph is perhaps the most versatile complication

with a top display window and steel trimming to round out the iconic design - as with all things in watch collecting

they encapsulate the essence of "tool watch" in their most elemental form

What makes the UFO so unique—notwithstanding the shape of the case—is the integrated bracelet

Cartier Tank Basculante Mécanique Patina rotating the crown moves theThe famed Cartier Tank comes in all shapes and sizes, perhaps none of them as unique and compelling as the Basculante. With its elegant guilloch dial and unique reversible case, the Tank Basculante is unique among Cartier's Tank models. Released in 1932, a year after the Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso, it certainly shares design similarities with that famed watch: the case in which the dial is housed pivots inside an outer case, much like the Reverso's.