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AN ART DECO ENAMEL, GOLD AND MALACHITE "SHUTTER" LAPEL WATCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, VERGER FRERES
Of nickel-finished lever movement, 15 jewels, the square-shaped silvered matte dial with Arabic numerals and blued-steel hands, revealed beneath a white and yellow gold louvered shutter, the black enamel case with two malachite crowns, one for winding and one for opening the shutter, suspended by a polished white gold bar, with malachite terminals, mounted in 18k white and yellow gold, circa 1930, with French assay marks and maker's marks
Signed VCA for Van Cleef & Arpels, France, no. 1353; with maker's marks for Verger Frères; movement signed Cyma Watch Co., no. 836
Of nickel-finished lever movement, 15 jewels, the square-shaped silvered matte dial with Arabic numerals and blued-steel hands, revealed beneath a white and yellow gold louvered shutter, the black enamel case with two malachite crowns, one for winding and one for opening the shutter, suspended by a polished white gold bar, with malachite terminals, mounted in 18k white and yellow gold, circa 1930, with French assay marks and maker's marks
Signed VCA for Van Cleef & Arpels, France, no. 1353; with maker's marks for Verger Frères; movement signed Cyma Watch Co., no. 836
Literature
Sylvie Raulet, "Van Cleef & Arpels", Editions du Regard, Paris, 1986, page 312