18ct yellow gold Cartier Tank LC wristwatch. Made 1970

18ct yellow gold Cartier Tank LC wristwatch. Made 1970The Cartier Tank was created in 1917 and was released for general sale two years later. By the early 1920s the popularity of the Cartier Tank watch was rising, and variations of the watch appeared. This included the Tank Louis Cartier (LC) in 1922. It was (and still is) a sophisticated, yet tough, unisex timepiece with a serious celebrity following. Rudolph Valentino insisted that his character, Ahmed, wear the watch in the 1926 film, The Son of the

length approximately 160mm

The OMEGA 30T2 was one of the most famous Chronometer calibres ever made and was designed by René Bannwart who was head of OMEGA’s creation department from 1939 to 1952

Accessories: Certificate and original wooden and glass fitted case

Made: 1947

Made: 1955

Calibre: 175

Black painted hour markers and hands

orange chronograph hands and black and white racing baton hands

Case dimensions: 33 x 35mm

Reference:  ST105

The dial is identical to those found on the better known Seamaster 600 Ploprof and features high contrast markers for incredible low light visibility

OMEGA's precision workshops in Geneva where famous producing the 30mm collection which included the famous 30mm calibre and 30mm tourbillons under the direction of A