Black Starr and Frost Platinum Natural Quartz Art Deco Dress Pocket Watch

FACTORY / HOUSE: Black Starr & Frost by Paul Valletti STYLE / REFERENCE: Cushion Shaped Open Face / Pocket Watch METAL / MATERIAL: 14kt Solid Yellow Gold CIRCA: 1920's DIMENSIONS: Diameter 41mm MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual Winding / 17 Jewels / High Grade DIAL / HANDS: Original Silvered with Kiln Fired Enamel Printing by Stern Freres / Blued Steel Hands WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement. LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT This great looking open faced pocket watch was produced in Switzerland by Paul Vallette...

FACTORY / HOUSE: Longines Watch Co. STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco METAL / MATERIAL: Stainless Steel CIRCA / YEAR: 1930's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Diameter 45mm MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual Winding / 17 Jewels DIAL / HANDS: Flawless Original Two Tone Dial / Blued Steel Hands WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT This is as fine a pocket watch as we have ever seen. The watch looks like if just came out of the factory. It is also supplied with an original vintage pocket watch chain so you wear it as soon as it arrives. The company was founded in 1832 by Auguste Agassiz, a Swiss watchmaker. He was also the brother of renowned biologist Louis Agassiz. Agassiz started the company with two partners, lawyers Henri Raiguel and Florian Morel. The company's original name was Raiguel Jeune & Cie. In 1846, Raigeul and Morel retired from the watch industry, leaving Agassiz as sole company head. Several years later, Agassiz brought in his bright, enterprising nephew, trained economist Ernest Francillon, into the business. Francillon was the mastermind behind several impressive innovations that would distinguish the company from its competitors. In 1880, Francillon trademarked the Longines name and its winged hourglass logo. The winged hourglass is a symbol of precision and timekeeping, and it has become one of the most recognizable logos in the watch industry. In 1912, Longines became the official timekeeper of the Olympic Games. The company has held this position ever since, and it has been involved in every Olympic Games since then. Longines has also been the official timekeeper of many other major sporting events, including the World Championships in Athletics, the Formula One World Championship, and the America's Cup. In 1931, Longines invented the Lindbergh Hour Angle watch...

An Art Deco pocket watch featuring intricate enamel work on both sides. Circa 1920s.

Please note that the movement is currently not working and is due to be repaired. A Tiffany & Co., Art Deco, diamond, pearl and platinum lapel pendant watch, with a diamond set platinum bar pin, with safety catch fitting, with larger diamonds in the terminals, onto a diamond set bar, superimposed with a diamond set triangle, suspending three strands of natural pearls, on individual wire links, onto a rectangular, handmade, platinum, two part watch case, with an Edwardian and eight-cut diamond set, openwork, urn design, with a flower at the top, with an eight-cut diamond surround, in grain and pavé settings, with foliate engraved sides, at the base of the pendant is the winding crown, that is rub over set with three rose-cut diamonds, the watch has a rectangular, silvered dial, signed Tiffany & Co., with black, Art Deco, script Arabic numerals, with blue steel hands, with a curved crystal, surrounded by a foliate engraved edge, with a movement signed C H...