Cartier Tank Solo RG authenticity check?
Hi all! Would love some help sanity checking that this watch is above board
I bought this Cartier Tank Solo Small in Rose Gold from a pawn shop’s online store. I paid around $4500 which seems like a good deal but not “too good to be true”, especially if the pawn shop got it a few months ago:
https://watchcharts.com/watch\_model/50998-cartier-tank-solo-w5200024/overview
I absolutely know that this model has “super reps” out there. I’ve got a 30 day return window and want to make sure I decide to keep or return ASAP.
I had ChatGPT Pro collate every replica photo it could find from various replica forums, and the serial on this one doesn’t match any of them, and shows as the right watch on the Cartier Care site with a purchase date of over a decade ago. The quartz movement in here doesn’t look like the Ronda or Cartier-labeled movements in the replicas either.
The strap is a bit messed up but it arrived on a holder that was too big for it, so maybe just too much strain on a 10-year-old leather strap?
Presumably, the pawn shop tests the gold content of these items before accepting them! The available evidence I have points toward it being legit. But my paranoia is still tingling because it’s a larger purchase than I’m used to haha
Worst case scenario options:
- the band is bad because it’s shitty dupe leather!
- someone swapped the movement and steel back from a legit watch onto a replica
- replicas are just better now (better duped movement, new serial numbers that match)