Swiss gold and lacquer skeletonized keyless pocket watch Circa 1940

Skeletonized lever pocket watch by Juvenia
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Fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold and black lacquer keyless pocket watch with skeleton dial, circa 1940. Round skeletonized case. Skeleton dial with Arabic numerals, baton indexes, and blued steel hands. Signed movement with lever escapement.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Weight: 45 g
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Signed: Juvenia MFG Swiss
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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. The brand is currently owned by Hong Kong group Asia Commercial Holdings Ltd.
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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.
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 timepieces 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 automatic mechanical movement.