Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Monaco, Jul 21, 2021
LOT 163
Wittnauer & Co.
Art Deco dress-watch, “Murat” décor; 18K yellow gold and enamel
Art Deco dress-watch, “Murat” décor; 18K yellow gold and enamel
EUR 900 - 1,800
USD 1,100 - 2,200 / HKD 8,300 - 16,600
Sold: EUR 1,430
18K yellow gold and enamel, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, Art Deco dress-watch with gold colour dial with suspended Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds at 6.
Bezels enamelled in champlevé with decoration of friezes, so-called “Murat”; caseband chiselled.
Bezels enamelled in champlevé with decoration of friezes, so-called “Murat”; caseband chiselled.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Wittnauer, Geneva
Model under the name of “Majestic Watch Co.”
Year Circa 1930
Movement No. 590 238
Case No. 21 333 (by Wittnauer & Co., Geneva)
Diameter 44.1 mm.
Caliber 16’’’, straight-line lever escapement, index-regulator with swan-neck spring and precision-regulating device for fast / slow by means of an eccentric snail, five adjustments
Weight 51.1 gr. (approx.)
Signature case and movement
Notes
Majestic Watch Co.
“Majestic Watch Co.” is a tradename of Wittnauer & Co. of Geneva, registered in 1927. The name “Majestic” alone was registered by them in New York in 1907.
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