Unusual French gold and gem set keyless fob watch Circa 1950
- Kenmerk
- BB1094
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- Estimate
- € 1.500 - 3.000
- Price sold
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Gold decorative form watch
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An unusual French gold and gem set manual wind fob watch made by UTI Watch Co., circa 1950. A jewelled manual wind movement. Silvered dial with applied gilt dot hour markers and blued steel pointed baton hands. A polished case in the form of a bird cage with enclosed glazed sides, housing two birds with brilliant cut gemstone heads, one with a pear shaped ruby body, the other with a pear shaped sapphire body. Dial signed, case numbered. Accompanied by a gold, sapphire set bar brooch.
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An unusual French gold and gem set manual wind fob watch made by UTI Watch Co., circa 1950. A jewelled manual wind movement. Silvered dial with applied gilt dot hour markers and blued steel pointed baton hands. A polished case in the form of a bird cage with enclosed glazed sides, housing two birds with brilliant cut gemstone heads, one with a pear shaped ruby body, the other with a pear shaped sapphire body. Dial signed, case numbered. Accompanied by a gold, sapphire set bar brooch.
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Diameter: 12 x 30 mm
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Signed: UTI
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In 1906, engineer Georges Meyer founded UTI, short for UTINAM, a French horology manufacturer of precision watches, clocks, bedside and travel alarms and railway stopwatches. UTINAM was the motto of the city of Besançon, birthplace of French horology. UTINAM translates to “I wish”.
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In 1912, UTI already had a very rich catalogue with pocket watches, wristwatches for men and women, form movements and luminous dials based on radium, an invention that had been developed in 1904, with Pierre and Marie Curie and the manufacturer LIP.
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Georges Meyer retired from the company in 1936 and passed it to his son, Gilles, who employed Eugène Blum as technical director.
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Until 1940, both names UTINAM or UTI and “Etablissements Georges Meyer” were used. In 1940, UTI S.A. was registered.
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At the end of WWII, Jacques Meyer, grandson of Georges, took over the family business and focused on high end watches through a partnership with jewellers like Van Cleef and Arpels.
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In the 1950s, strong partnerships were concluded with watchmakers like Breitling, Lemania, Glycine and Universal Genève.
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With more than 450 employees in the 1970s, UTI would unfortunately not survive the quartz crisis and closed permanently in 1984.
Diameter: 12 x 30 mm
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Signed: UTI
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In 1906, engineer Georges Meyer founded UTI, short for UTINAM, a French horology manufacturer of precision watches, clocks, bedside and travel alarms and railway stopwatches. UTINAM was the motto of the city of Besançon, birthplace of French horology. UTINAM translates to “I wish”.
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In 1912, UTI already had a very rich catalogue with pocket watches, wristwatches for men and women, form movements and luminous dials based on radium, an invention that had been developed in 1904, with Pierre and Marie Curie and the manufacturer LIP.
–
Georges Meyer retired from the company in 1936 and passed it to his son, Gilles, who employed Eugène Blum as technical director.
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Until 1940, both names UTINAM or UTI and “Etablissements Georges Meyer” were used. In 1940, UTI S.A. was registered.
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At the end of WWII, Jacques Meyer, grandson of Georges, took over the family business and focused on high end watches through a partnership with jewellers like Van Cleef and Arpels.
–
In the 1950s, strong partnerships were concluded with watchmakers like Breitling, Lemania, Glycine and Universal Genève.
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With more than 450 employees in the 1970s, UTI would unfortunately not survive the quartz crisis and closed permanently in 1984.
Signed: UTI
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