The New York Times: Eric Wind Quoted On The Cartier Tank

Journalist Ming Liu recently wrote about ‘Cartier’s Tank Française Watch Gets a Makeover’ in The New York Times. Within the article, Liu spoke with Eric Wind about the iconic timepiece.

Eric Wind, a watch dealer and founder of Wind Vintage in Palm Beach, Fla., said he was not surprised that the Tank Française was in the limelight... “Because of all the renewed interest in Princess Diana, ‘The Crown’ show on Netflix, obviously the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Diana’s former husband now being king — all that has renewed interest in the watch,” he said. “And then, of course, all the royal family drama with Meghan and Harry…It’s a shape that a lot of people get in their mind,” Mr. Wind said. “For a lot of women thinking about their first nice watch, it’s either a Datejust or a Tank Française.”

Mr. Wind said that the continuing interest in luxury sport watches with integrated bracelets, like the best-selling Audemars Piguet Royal Oak or Patek Philippe Nautilus, would ensure the Tank Française’s continued popularity.

“It’s all about the sport watch,” he said, “that can go from being on someone’s yacht in the Mediterranean to hours later being in a board meeting in London.”

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/fashion/cartier-tank-francaise.html