Swiss elegant steel cased Art Deco dress watch Circa 1938

Open faced  pocket watch by Patek Philippe & Cie.
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A Swiss elegant steel cased Art Deco Geneva dress watch, with original morocco case  and Patek Philippe extract from the archives, circa 1938. Sold on September 2nd, 1966.
Steel case with push back. Silvered dial with applied indexes/Arabic numerals, subsidiary dial for the seconds, enamelled lettering and scales and baton hands. Bridge movement, rhodium-plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 8 adj., 18 jewels, Geneva quality hallmark, monometallic screw balance, blued balance spring, index spring fine adjusting device. Movement and dial signed.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Weight: 66 g
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Signed: Patek Philippe & Cie. Genève
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The monochrome steel-grey colour and the clear-cut design of the watch represent perfectly the glamorous Art Deco style of the late 1930s.