Small Model (SM)
Must de Cartier Tank (manual wind) — Small Model (SM)
Small size, marketed for women: about 20.5 mm wide and 28 mm long, caseback number starting with 3. Told from the LM by size alone; the dials below come in this case.
No separate reference number: the caseback carries a size digit (3 = SM, 6 = LM) and a serial, seven digits in all. Collectors identify these by size, dial and movement. Auction catalogues occasionally print other numbers for manual-wind examples (81972500 and 15705 at Antiquorum); these are recorded as notes.
Identifying details
Variants of (manual wind)
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Small Model (SM)Current | Undated |
| Small Model (SM) · White Roman Dial | c. 1980 |
| Small Model (SM) · Champagne Dial | c. 1978–? |
| Small Model (SM) · Lemon Dial | Undated |
Case & movement
- Reference
- No reference number
- Production
- Undated
- Case material
- Gold plated
- Case size
- 28 × 20.5 mm
- Movement
- Manual winding
- Caliber
- Cartier 78-1
Dial, bezel & hands
Unknown attributes are left out rather than guessed.
Movement
Cartier 78-1
Cartier-designated small hand-wound calibre, reported as ETA-based. Recorded in a 1970s Paris-signed Tank Louis and in the mechanical Must de Cartier Tank of the late 1970s.
Manual winding · 17 jewels
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