Jackie Kennedy Cartier Tank Watch

A cartier tank watch on her wrist.

Jackie kennedy cartier tank watch. With a heritage rooted in wwi the cartier tank has come to define classical elegance with its simple and pioneering design. Getty images look closely at any photo taken of jackie kennedy in the 70s and youll likely notice one consistency. The sale of jacqueline kennedys cartier tank watch for almost 380000 about r47million at current exchange rates is regarded as a personal highlight of 2017 by christies international head of watches john reardon. Now that watch allegedly belongs to kim.

It appears to suggest the famous paparazzo removed the watch in the dark room from the image he calls his mona lisa. The one on the far right is from the famous series by ron galella. Jackie kennedy onassis cartier tank watch to sell at auction the high profile item will appear at christies new york rare watches and american icons sale and is estimated to go for over 100000. The cartier tank is one of those rare watches thats endured time itself without losing its integrity.

The jacqueline kennedy onassis cartier tank watch produced in 1962 and gifted to jacqueline kennedy in 1963. Share to linkedin a cartier tank watch owned by jacqueline kennedy onassis sold wednesday for 379500 more than tripling its high auction estimate of 120000 at christies new york rare watches. First introduced in 1917 the timepiece has a rich heritage thats matched by few. She didnt have a watch that she could wear since all of them were gold so she went to cartier in new york and bought whats now probably the most famous watch in the world the cartier tank watch.

Much like paul newmans paul newman jackies yes in my mind we are now on a first name basis cartier tank is not so much about the watch itself but more about the person and time that it represents. Jackie kennedy wearing her cartier tank watch from left to right in december 1969 and in two images taken on the streets of new york in the early 1970s.