Cartier
Tank Solo XL Automatic
W5200028
The Tank's architectural geometry scaled for the modern wrist.
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Overview
The Cartier Tank Solo XL Automatic, reference W5200028, presents the iconic Tank silhouette in a 40.85 × 31 mm stainless steel case driven by the in-house Calibre 049. Its silver opaline dial with Roman numerals upholds the restrained, architectural vocabulary that has defined the Tank line since 1917. Positioned as a dress watch, it occupies a considered middle ground between the Tank's classical heritage and the demands of a contemporary wrist.
History
The Tank Solo line was introduced in the early 2000s as an accessible, steel-cased entry into the Tank family, and the XL Automatic variant extended that proposition with a self-winding movement suited to daily wear. Reference W5200028 was produced from 2012 through 2021, representing nearly a decade of continuous availability in Cartier's catalogue. Its discontinuation has since drawn collector attention to well-preserved examples as a gateway piece to the broader Tank universe.
Notable points
- Case dimensions of 40.85 × 31 mm follow the Tank's characteristic rectangular form, sized for legibility without departing from dress-watch proportions.
- Calibre 049 is a self-winding movement, distinguishing the XL Automatic from the hand-wound Solo references within the same line.
- The silver opaline dial surface interacts subtly with light, giving the Roman numeral chapter ring a quiet depth appropriate to formal contexts.
- Stainless steel construction made this reference one of the more accessible entry points into the automatic Tank family during its production run.
- Production spanned approximately nine years (2012–2021), lending the reference a stable, well-documented service history valued by collectors.
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