Mechanical Digital Direct Read Jump Hour Ladies Art Deco Swiss watch 1930s

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Mechanical Digital Direct Read Jump Hour Ladies Art Deco Swiss watch 1930s :
$600.00

Manufactured in 1930`s, this very attractive ladies digital model is an eye catching piece that will always attract interested comments when worn at the dinner table. While evocative of its era and charming as a collectible today, this fell just slightly short of being a top tier item in the first instance, but was rather a watch of good solid quality that aimed to ride on the back of an aesthetic trend set by brands further up the cost and desirability scale. While the inter-war period watches by Rolex, Omega and Jaeger LeCoultre were the Rolls-Royces of their day, sold by prestigious jewellers to the wealthy few, models like this one would have been bought by comfortable middle class citizens from provincial family jewellers. There is nothing at all wrong with this watch and today, well preserved early digital wristwatches from the 1930s are much sought after by any maker, but it should not be confused with the output of the grandes maisons, many examples of which are for sale on this website.The 1920s and ‘30s were the age of art deco. Originating in Paris in 1925, this movement quickly exploded in popularity and manufacturers of everything from motor cars and steam locomotives right through to luxury pens and fine wristwatches clamoured to offer items with its distinctive aesthetic influence. Similarly, even architecture took a deco direction and in most towns and cities in the UK even now, there are a number of buildings that stand out as having been designed in the inter-war years when art deco was all the rage.With its streamlined, entirely covered over front, the mechanical digital wristwatch was a ideal for art deco interpretation. Originally, this style of watch was intended to provide a greater degree of protection than was offered with a conventional dial and celluloid crystal, particularly relevant to officers in the British army who were fond of playing the rough and tumble game of polo, but in reality, in much the same way that very few serious divers’ watches now are bought new by anyone who ever goes anywhere near water, most mechanical digitals were sold on the basis of their dramatic appearances. There were various versions at the time, but they all more or less worked in the same way, with the hours jumping forward one digit at a time in much the same way that a date display clicks forward at around midnight, and “wandering minutes”, with a minute disk rotating slowly and continuously, the correct minute being indicated by means of a pointer that formed part of the aperture border.The case of this example is in chromed brass, which is a typical combination from this era. If we encounter a vintage watch with a brass case that is either nickel or chrome plated, we can be almost certain that it dates from the 1930s or ‘40s, even without knowing anything else about it. This type of case was actually very effective and is probably best remembered by enthusiasts today on account of it being used for the Mark X pilots’ watches supplied in the mid-1940s to the British RAF by Longines, Jaeger LeCoultre, Record and various other Swiss makers for use by its military pilots.THIS WATCH IS AS SHOWN IN THE PICTURE . NICELY WORKING CONDITION. PICTURES ARE UPLOADED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCEPLEASE, NEVER LEAVE A NEGATIVE OR NEUTRAL FEED BACK,IF GOT ANY PROBLEM REGARDING TO THE ITEM KINDLY CONTACT ME.SELLING POLICY:

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