Longines
An Art Deco yellow gold and cloisonné enamel hexagonal open faced watch, Circa 1925
Auction Closed
June 5, 07:33 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 14,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Dial: silvered, green enamel Arabic numerals
Caliber: 11.5’’’ ligne movement
Movement number: 3’837’882
Case: 18k yellow gold and enamel, snap-on case back, the back decorated with a polychrome cloisonné enamel, centered with a flapper the opaque enamel in various tones of green, red, blue, and black
Case number: 3’837’882
Size: 50.5 x 45 mm
Signed: dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
The present watch is similar to pieces made for the Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Art, Paris, 1925. For pieces made for that exhibition, see Eugene Jacquet and Alfred Chapuis, Technique and History of the Swiss Watch pl. 143, where it is noted that the enamel work was considered a modern version of enamel designs found on 16th Century watches.