Timeless Beauty: Spectacular Wristwat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 24, 2004

LOT 18

Hîjaz Genève, No. 1721 / 2135, Ref. 064. Produced in the 1950s. Fine and unusual, center-seconds, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with a polychrome "cloisonné" enamel dial, made for the Middle-East market.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, engraved case back, stepped and rounded bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold triangular and dart indexes, at the center, a polychrome "cloisonné" enamel medallion representing the Arabic Peninsula, Red Sea, the gulfs of Persia, Aden and Oman,the Sea of Oman, Mecca and a palm tree. Pink gold "Dauphine" hands. M. Signed Lusina Genève, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Case and movement signed.Engraved on the case back: the Arabic Peninsula, a camel, and the dedication: "AL-MAMLAKA AL-ARABIA, AL-SEOUDIAH, AL-KAABA ASSHAREIFA".Diam. 38 mm. Height 9,5 mm.