Swiss gold and enamel Art Deco dress watch Circa 1930

Gold and enamel keyless lever watch
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An extremely rare and fine Swiss 18 carat yellow gold and enamel keyless lever Art Deco dress watch, circa 1930. Cloisonné enamel dial after the Glasgow Rose design by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Pendant and bow with black enamel, the winding crown set with a black onyx cabochon and the band in green enamel.

Polychrome cloisonné enamel dial, central panel with Glasgow Rose decoration, applied gold Arabic numerals on a silver chapter ring with outer minute track, yellow gold cathedrale hands. Rhodium-plated movement, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, micrometre regulator. Movement signed. 
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Diameter: 44 mm
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Signed: Longines Swiss
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1868 – 1928, was an architect, designer and artist. He was one of the most significant Art Nouveau artists of the 20th century. Born as one of eleven children in the Townhead area of Glasgow, close to the Glasgow Cathedral. Mackintosh took his inspiration from Scottish traditions, blending them with the flourish of Art Nouveau and the simplicity of Japanese forms. For the 1902 International Exposition of Modern Decorative Art in Turin, Mackintosh designed the Rose Boudoir, which used geometrically designed roses as the central motif, this type of rose became known as the Glasgow Rose and is to this day is one of the most instantly recognised and frequently copied of Mackintosh’s designs.