Swiss platinum and diamond-set Art Deco dress watch Circa 1925

Platinum and diamond-set lever pendant watch by Longines
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An extremely rare Swiss platinum, black enamel and diamond-set open faced Art Deco lever pendant dress watch, circa 1925. Fine lever movement, Longines export signature in English, 17 jewels, fine adjusting device. Silvered dial with Breguet hours and outer minute dots, subsidiary seconds, attractive blued steel Art Deco hands. Plain case, black enamel rim, the front set with diamonds, and the diamond-set bow at position 6 means that the watch was worn on a chain. Dial signed, movement signed and numbered, cuvette numbered.
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Diameter: 42.5 mm
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Weight: 40 g
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Signed: Longines W.Co Swiss
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Longines delivered Art Deco watches like this piece to its U.S. agent Wittnauer in the 1920s and 1930s, from where they were distributed to various jewellers in the United States, including Tiffany.