What is a Cartier Tank Américaine Ref. 1713 worth?

Public auction and dealer results for Ref. 1713 from November 2023 to November 2026 come to $3,850 to $7,500, with a median of $6,500 across 5 sales of this exact reference. The most recent was $3,850 at Finarte in December 2025. Condition, service history, and the original box and papers move an individual watch within that range.

What is the Tank Américaine Ref. 1713?

The small quartz Américaine in 18k white gold: a curved 19 × 35 mm case with a back secured by eight screws, a silvered dial with black Roman numerals and blued steel hands, on the Cartier Cal. 157. Sotheby's catalogs the movement as Cal. 157.06 with 4 jewels.

How is the 1713 different from the 1710?

By metal. Both are 19 × 35 mm quartz Américaines on the Cal. 157: the 1710 in 18k yellow gold, the 1713 in 18k white gold.

What dial variants exist on the Ref. 1713?

Most catalogs describe a silvered dial with black Roman numerals, and white dials appear too. Amsterdam Vintage Watches sold one with a gray, finely engraved dial and white painted Arabic numerals, dated ca. 2000. Factory diamond-set bezels are documented as well.

Is the white gold 1713 rarer than the yellow gold 1710?

Cartier has not published production figures for either reference, so Archiva makes no claim about which is rarer.

What should I check on a Ref. 1713?

The reference in the number engraved on the case back, a back secured by eight screws, crisp black numerals with the secret signature in the VII, and a white gold Cartier buckle, folding clasp or bracelet. Catalogs measure the case at 19 × 35 mm or, leaving out the curved ends, about 27 to 28 mm long, so a shorter figure in a listing does not by itself mean a different watch.

Cartier · Tank Américaine

Tank Américaine, White Gold

Ref. 1713c. 1990–2000s

The Cartier Tank Américaine Ref. 1713 is a 19 × 35 mm 18k white gold quartz Tank Américaine made c. 1990–2000s on the Cartier Cal. 157, the white gold twin of the yellow gold Ref. 1710.

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Specifications

Reference: 1713; Small, 18k white gold, quartz
Year: c. 1990–2000s; Estimated from dated examples: Monaco Legend dates one to the 1990s, and Sotheby's dates others circa 2000 and circa 2007
Movement: Quartz; Cartier Cal. 157, 4 jewels
Case: 19 × 35 mm, 18k White Gold
Dial: Silvered; Black Roman numerals, inner minute track, secret Cartier signature in the VII
Hands: Blued steel; Sword-shaped
Crystal: Sapphire; Curved
Strap: Leather or 18k white gold bracelet; Leather strap with an 18k white gold Cartier buckle or folding clasp, or an 18k white gold Cartier bracelet with a double folding clasp

Visual Description

The Ref. 1713 is the small Tank Américaine in 18k white gold: a curved case of about 19 × 35 mm and 6 mm thick, with a back secured by eight screws and a curved sapphire crystal. The dial is silvered, with black Roman numerals, an inner minute track and the secret Cartier signature in the VII, under blued steel hands.

The watch comes on a leather strap with a white gold Cartier buckle or folding clasp, or on an 18k white gold Cartier bracelet with a double folding clasp.

Reference Significance

The 1713 is the white gold version of the small quartz Américaine and matches the yellow gold Ref. 1710 in size and movement. Sotheby's describes the first Américaines of 1989 as quartz watches in smaller cases.

The reference appears with silvered, white and gray engraved dials and with factory diamond-set bezels. The movement is Cartier's Cal. 157, which some catalogs print as 157.06.

Historical Context

Cartier released the Tank Américaine in 1989 as an update to the Tank Cintrée, keeping its curved front brancards, elongated dial and stretched numerals on a simpler case with a flat back.

Dated 1713s run well past the model's first decade. Sotheby's has cataloged examples circa 2000 and circa 2007, and a dealer dates another to about 2000. The earliest dated example is given only as the 1990s.

What to Look For

Read the number engraved on the case back, which carries the reference, and check that the back is secured by eight screws. On the dial, look for crisp black numerals and the secret signature in the VII. A buckle, folding clasp or bracelet should be signed Cartier and in white gold. Fellows has sold a 1713 whose blue Arabic dial its condition report flags for third-party work, so judge an unusual dial against the documented variants.

Catalogs measure the 1713 two ways: 19 × 35 mm for the full length, or about 27 to 28 mm long without the curved ends, as Sotheby's has printed it. A shorter length in a listing is a measuring choice, not a different watch.

Known Variants

Documented dial, case, and bracelet variations of Ref. 1713.

Silvered Dial, Roman Numerals

Silvered dial with black Roman numerals and the secret signature in the VII, the configuration most catalogs describe.

c. 1990–2000sPrimary documented variant

Gray Engraved Dial, Arabic Numerals

A gray dial with a finely engraved triangular pattern and large white painted Arabic numerals in an Art Deco style, sold by Amsterdam Vintage Watches on a 1713 dated ca. 2000.

ca. 2000 (one dated example)Single source

Diamond-Set Bezel

Factory diamond-set bezels or cases. Fellows has sold a 1713 with a factory diamond-set bezel, and European Watch Co. one with two rows of diamonds on the bezel.

c. 2000 (one dated example)Documented at several auction houses and dealers

Collector's Corner

Reading the case back

What the numbers on the back of Ref. 1713 mean. Swiss production, 1990s.

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Reference: 1713; Four digits on their own line under 18K, apart from the serial.
Serial: Two letters and six digits, or six digits and CD; BB21···· on this back. Monaco Legend prints one as CC49····, Fellows another as 24····CD.
Metal: 18K; Written as 18K under SWISS MADE, not as 750.
Hallmarks: Two small marks beside 18K; One either side, too small in this photo to read. The Swiss marks are in the hallmarks guide.
Dating: Papers, not the digits; Monaco Legend dates one to the 1990s. No source reads a year from the number.
Clasp: 18k white gold folding clasp; Fellows catalogs one on a strap with its 18ct white gold folding clasp.

Serials quoted from catalogs are shortened with dots: they belong to their owners. How Cartier numbered its cases in each era is on the case back guide, and the stamped marks are in the hallmarks guide.

How to tell it apart

What separates a Ref. 1713 from its neighbors, and what to check before you buy or sell one.

What is a Cartier Tank Américaine Ref. 1713 worth?: Public auction and dealer results for Ref. 1713 from November 2023 to November 2026 come to $3,850 to $7,500, with a median of $6,500 across 5 sales of this exact reference. The most recent was $3,850 at Finarte in December 2025. Condition, service history, and the original box and papers move an individual watch within that range.
What is the Tank Américaine Ref. 1713?: The small quartz Américaine in 18k white gold: a curved 19 × 35 mm case with a back secured by eight screws, a silvered dial with black Roman numerals and blued steel hands, on the Cartier Cal. 157. Sotheby's catalogs the movement as Cal. 157.06 with 4 jewels.
How is the 1713 different from the 1710?: By metal. Both are 19 × 35 mm quartz Américaines on the Cal. 157: the 1710 in 18k yellow gold, the 1713 in 18k white gold.
What dial variants exist on the Ref. 1713?: Most catalogs describe a silvered dial with black Roman numerals, and white dials appear too. Amsterdam Vintage Watches sold one with a gray, finely engraved dial and white painted Arabic numerals, dated ca. 2000. Factory diamond-set bezels are documented as well.
Is the white gold 1713 rarer than the yellow gold 1710?: Cartier has not published production figures for either reference, so Archiva makes no claim about which is rarer.
What should I check on a Ref. 1713?: The reference in the number engraved on the case back, a back secured by eight screws, crisp black numerals with the secret signature in the VII, and a white gold Cartier buckle, folding clasp or bracelet. Catalogs measure the case at 19 × 35 mm or, leaving out the curved ends, about 27 to 28 mm long, so a shorter figure in a listing does not by itself mean a different watch.