When it comes to putting together an impossibly long streak of great outfits, few people in human history can come close to prime Harry Styles. And yet despite his endless supply of Gucci suits, pearl necklaces, and knit cardigans, one thing always seemed to be missing from the superstar musician’s wardrobe. Through his many years of delivering incredible looks, Styles has hardly ever worn a watch – a choice I took personally as the keeper of a column about celebrity timepieces. That all changed this week, however, when Styles was spotted biking around London wearing UK best replica Cartier Tank watches. Finally.
Of course Styles wears high quality copy Cartier Tank watches. For over a century, the model has been the watch of choice for the most fashionable people alive. And rather than fussing about with buzzier Cartier models like the ever-hyped Crash or this year’s re-release of the Guichet, the singer leaned into the Tank’s grand tradition. The watch on his wrist appears to be the classic Tank Louis Cartier, the version with strong bars (known as brancards) on either side of the iconic rectangular case.
Over the decades, legends like Princess Diana, Jackie Kennedy, Muhammad Ali, Truman Capote, Ralph Lauren, and Andy Warhol all made the Tank their timepiece of choice. That’s to say nothing of the scores of modern leading men, like Timothée Chalamet and Henry Golding, who love to match their lil’ mustaches with top fake Cartier watches’ flagship design.
Warhol helped define the legacy of the UK Swiss made replica Carter Tank watches and the people who gravitate towards it. “I don’t wear a Tank watch to tell the time,” he famously said. ”I wear a Tank because it’s the watch to wear.” The last bit of that quote remains true decades on and helps explain why someone like Styles might gravitate towards the watch. While horology obsessives like Ed Sheeran and John Mayer could probably explain exactly how Rolex’s new Dynapulse escapement works, Styles, like his many Tank-loving forebears, seems more interested in watches as design objects than time-telling devices. The Tank is a watch that asks nothing of the wearer; it simply looks beautiful with a tuxedo, a white tee, or an indigo chore coat like the one Styles is wearing.
Harry Styles’s choice of the Tank further cements its reputation as the most fashionable cheap super clone watches of all time. What other design object can lay claim to a 108-year (and counting) run?
