The Tank Normale, in 1919, was the first
link Tank watch. The tank – the Renault FT – had an amazingly long life for a piece of military hardware. It was in use up to, and even after World War II. But the Tank has long outlived the tank. "Tank" may be a watchword in warfare, for a near-invincible mobile fortress leaving fire and fury in
link its wake. But the Tank
link wristwatch has taken that inspiration and through the alchemy of abstraction, transmuted it into a byword for beauty.