Heuer. An unusual lady's stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with black dial

SIGNED HEUER, RETAILED BY BEYER, ZURICH, CIRCA 1935

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Heuer. An unusual lady's stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with black dial
Signed Heuer, retailed by Beyer, Zurich, circa 1935
With nickel-finished jewelled lever movement, the black dial with Arabic numerals, two engine-turned subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds and 30 minute register, the circular case with downturned lugs, snap on back, two lozenge-shaped chronograph buttons in the band, case, dial and movement signed
26 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

In the 1930s it was very rare for a lady's watch to be fabricated in stainless steel, a metal more closely associated with military and tool watches. This watch is even more unusual in that it features a chronograph with register - at a time when complicated lady's watches were virtually never known.

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