Swiss gold and enamel open faced keyless lever watch Circa 1930

Gold and enamel pocket watch by Juvenia
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A Swiss gold and enamel open faced keyless lever pocket watch, circa 1930. The watch features a nickel keyless jewelled movement with a lever escapement, signed Juvenia. It has a silvered dial, signed Juvenia, with Arabic numerals, an outer minute track, a subsidiary seconds dial, and blued steel hands. The case is open faced and made of 18k gold, with a blue and white enamel bezel. It has a snap on back, which includes a white enamel bezel, translucent blue enamel over the engine turning, and a white enamel centre. The inside back of the case bears the maker’s mark DGA, along with Juvenia’s signature.
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Diameter: 47 mm
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Signed: Juvenia
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The movement is running. Ratchet for winding slips intermittently. The case is in good overall condition. The enamel has some light surface scratches but no areas of loss. Some areas of restoration to the pendant and bow. The dial is in very good condition, potentially refinished.
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Juvenia
Juvenia is a luxury Swiss watch manufacturer located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. It is one of the few Swiss watch companies to have manufactured watches without interruption since its creation. Hong Kong group Asia Commercial Holdings Ltd currently owns the brand.
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Juvenia was founded in 1860 by Jacques Didisheim-Goldschmidt in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Shortly after, he relocated to La Chaux-de-Fonds, expecting better opportunities. Jacques’ son, Bernard, later succeeded his father.
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In the 1880s, Juvenia produced one of the first lady’s wristwatches. In 1914, Juvenia manufactured, at the time, the smallest movement constructed on a single level.
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Juvenia is known for its extraordinary, avant-garde case designs, unusual time indications, and architectural inspiration.
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In 1988, Juvenia was acquired by Asia Commercial Holdings Ltd. Juvenia continues to produce fine watches with innovative characteristics and functions with a long standing record for timepiece innovation. In particular, its first Sextant watch was born in the 1940s, featuring a handless display with a graduated limb indicating hours, a compass hand indicating minutes, and a Dauphine sweep second hand recording seconds. This watch is admired by Johnny Depp, who was seen wearing the antique on the cover of Esquire Magazine twice. Last year, Juvenia officially announced the launch of the third edition of Sextant. Compared with Sextant II, the case diameter of Sextant III is enlarged from 34mm to 40mm, with a date indication at 3 o’clock. The transparent case back offers a glimpse of the mechanical automatic movement.