Swiss 18 carat gold pocket watch with matching chain Circa 1925

Gold open faced lever pocket watch
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A Swiss 18 carat yellow gold open faced lever pocket watch made by Movado, with a matching gold chain, circa 1925. The watch features a signed mechanical movement with pendant winding, metal dust cover, and lever escapement. It has a two tone silvered dial with applied Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o’clock, and cathedral hands. The plain 18 carat yellow gold case has a signed and numbered caseback with some dents. Both the dial and movement are signed. The watch comes with an 18 carat gold chain with plate links, lobster clasp, and spring ring.
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Diameter: 47.5 mm
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Weight: 77 g
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Signed: Movado
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Movado
In 1881, Achille Ditesheim established a workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds with six watchmakers to start a pocket watch manufacturing business. By 1886, brothers Léopold and Isidore Ditesheim joined Achille, and the company was renamed LAI Ditesheim. Around 1900, LAI Ditesheim began developing wristwatches. In 1905, a new production building was built, and the name “Movado (Esperanto for “always in motion) was registered. Movado introduced the Polyplan in 1912 and, in 1926, the Ermeto case watch. The company opened its first US agency in New York in 1924. Movado produced many different calendar watches, mainly in gold cases.