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Lot Essay
Launched in 2013, the Tank MC Skeleton is Cartier’s first wristwatch with skeletonized dial/movement in a Tank case. Its caliber 9611 MC is also the firm’s first entirely in-house made skeletonized movement, the MC standing for Manufacture Cartier. Equipped with twin barrels it provides a power reserve of 72 hours.
The model impresses with its large, masculine palladium case and the skeletonized movement and dial of highly innovative design: the openwork bridges ingeniously form oversized Roman numerals, signature of Cartier’s skeletonized models.
While rarer than white gold or platinum, the sleek, silvery-white sheen of palladium renders it a perfect alternative to these precious metals. This very hard material it is also more resistant to scratches or dents and will retain its shiny lustre. The English scientist Dr. William Hyde Wollaston first distinguished it as a unique metal apart from platinum in 1803. Impressed by its beauty and hardness, he named it after the recently discovered asteroid Pallas.
The model impresses with its large, masculine palladium case and the skeletonized movement and dial of highly innovative design: the openwork bridges ingeniously form oversized Roman numerals, signature of Cartier’s skeletonized models.
While rarer than white gold or platinum, the sleek, silvery-white sheen of palladium renders it a perfect alternative to these precious metals. This very hard material it is also more resistant to scratches or dents and will retain its shiny lustre. The English scientist Dr. William Hyde Wollaston first distinguished it as a unique metal apart from platinum in 1803. Impressed by its beauty and hardness, he named it after the recently discovered asteroid Pallas.