Cartier Tank Must Vermeil Plain Black SM Manual (circa 1970s)WHY WE CURATED IT: The importance of Must de Cartier Tanks is often overlooked. They were key to saving Cartier 50 years ago when the economic boom of post WWII France faded, and with it, demand for luxury. Further, cheap mass produced quartz watches were flooding in from Asia. Cartiers solution? Make accessible versions of the (otherwise full gold) iconic Tank LC but in gold plated silver (so still fully precious metal), and use Swiss quartz