How to change a cartier deployant leather ******** a tank louis

I know this is an old question, but a definitive answer is that the questioner’s watch is fake because I have just discovered amongst a box of broken cheap watches I must once have picked up as a joblot, the same watch as described AND with the same serial number! Also, even before realising the above-mentioned howling coincidence, I had already suspected the 933 apparent silver fineness was a rather odd number - one that even as a collector of worldwide silver coins of many variable finenesses, I felt was completely unfamiliar and unlikely.

Hello James,

I couldn't find an online documentation of the manual you are looking. But I did find instructions with a video on how to set the date/time of your watch here:

http://www.keepthetime.com/blog/instruction-guides/how-to-set-the-timedate-on-a-cartier-tank-francaise-quartz-chronograph/

I hope that will help you.

There is nowhere to get a Cartier dial from, other than Cartier.
Options:
1 - Pay the $400 for the genuine dial.
2 - Buy a 2nd hand watch off eBay to use for spare parts.
3 - Have your dial repainted.
Dial repaints can be a bit hit and miss with quality though. Talk to the watchmaker and ask who they use to do it. Should be 1/2 the price of a new dial.

mcdevito75 here, Ebay is your best bet for the Leather band for your Cartier watch, but! you:ll need to know the MM size of the band. Measure the width of the band just as it hooks onto your watch, use a ruler, most rulers have both the MM scale and American, if your ruler has only the American mmeasurement use the online Standard to MM calculator for the MM size from the American or standard measurement. Carefully measure the width of the band just as it hooks onto the watch, count the segments in the ruler either each MM or each 16 th of an inch, convert to MM then look on ebay for the strap.

Try this link. The peice you are looking for is a strap pin.

http://www.cartier.us/#/customer-services/recommendations-services/watches/services?paneId=2

That links are most likely ceramic! Take your watch to a reputable watch repair shop...they break very EASY! Make sure they know what they are doing!!!!

I will give you the generic answer as I have not actually removed a Cartier buckle. Most buckles use a small bar called a spring bar that goes through the band and "tang". The ends of the bar are like a plunger in that with a small fork like instrument or small screw driver you can collapse the bar and move it out of the clasp. The rest is very obvious. Replacement is the opposite of removal. A fairly simple procedure for most people.

The reservoir tank can be the bane of existence for a Cartier lighter owner. Unlike most butane lighters which have gas tanks integral to the lighter, Cartier utilizes a user removable tank. Cartier only warrants the tank for two years. I've also seen tanks that say 12 months. New Cartiers come with one spare tank. I've seen spare tanks come up on eBay from time to time, for $30 - $50. If not, picking up a beat-up Cartier on the cheap just to remove and use its tank is an idea. Cartier does not sell spare parts of any kind (other than flints), so if your lighter needs a new tank they will probably insist you get a complete maintenance service, which can cost up to $300.

There are very special, expensive tools for taking off Cartier watch straps, so I would not recommend even thinking about attempting this by yourself for fear of devaluing your watch. I could instruct you on how to do it, but you will not have the proper tools. I highly recommend taking it to a PROFESSIONAL watch maker, not K-Mart or a jeweler.

See if the buckle does have spring loaded pin like the ones that hold the band to the case.