Swiss Art Nouveau watch with Caligraphic Dial Circa 1920

Open faced dress watch by Huguenin Geneva/Henry Blank & Co Newark
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A Swiss exquisite Art Nouveau dress watch with platinum case and rare “Caligraphic-Dial”, circa 1920.
Platinum case; high quality lever movement with 17 jewels and Geneva striping, probably caliber Meylan and signed “Cresarrow“; extravagant dial (possibly also platinum) with extravagant numerals, so-called “Caligraphic-Dial“, subsidiary dial for the seconds and blued Breguet steel hands.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Weight: 87 g
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Signed: YARD
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In 1912, the Cresarrow brand of Cresarrow Watch Co. was registered at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This brand was registered 1916 in Geneva by W. A. Huguenin. Most of the movements were made by Ch.H. Meylan Watch Co. in Geneva, but also by IWC. In the spring of 1912, Henry Blank made a business trip to Europe. He visited movement manufacturers in Switzerland and jewel dealers in Paris, Belgium and Amsterdam. It was an exhausting business trip and Henry Blank made a reservation for the maiden voyage of the Titanic on his return home in Paris. He was one of the few survivors.