Swiss lady’s gold enamel pearl set pendant watch Circa 1901

Art nouveau gold enamel and pearl set pendant watch
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A Swiss lady’s rare art nouveau 18k yellow gold enamel and pearl-set pendant watch, circa 1901, retailed by s. Nordlinger, Los Angeles, jewelled movement, 18k cuvette with lavender enamel to the exterior.
White signed enamel dial with black and gold Arabic numerals, gold hands.
The openwork Art Nouveau case back ornamented with translucent green enamel-set vines and pearl flower buds, modified trèfle bow, case and dial signed by the maker, movement signed by maker and retailer, with an associated similarly ornamented enamel and pearl-set 14k gold lapel pin, Extract from the Archives confirming decoration and sale in 1902.
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Diameter: 27 mm
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Signed: Patek Philippe
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On 1 May 1839, the Polish businessman Antoni Patek and the Polish watchmaker Franciszek Czapek founded a company in Geneva named Patek, Czapek and Cie. Czapek lived in Switzerland since 1832 and changed his name to François Czapek when he became nationalized.
The company ran well, but they split up in 1844 and each set up their own company: Patek and Cie and Czapek and Cie.

In 1844 Patek met the French watchmaker Jean-Adrien Philippe, who demonstrated his new invention: the first watch without a wind-up key. Patek and Philippe decided to work together in 1845 and 1851, and their company, Patek Philippe and Cie, was founded. In 1901 the name was officially Ancienne Manufacture d’Horlogerie Patek Philippe and Cie, S.A.

Extract from the Archives confirming decoration and sale in 1902
Similar examples are illustrated in Huber, M., Banbery, A., Patek Philippe Watches, Vol. II, Second Edition.