Very fine Swiss gold chronograph pocket watch Circa 1930

Gold chronograph by Juvenia
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A fine, manual wind, chronograph pocket watch with 18-carat yellow gold case, circa 1930.
Rhodium-plated movement, fausses côtes decoration, eight adjustments, 23 jewels, mirror polished screws, steel chronograph parts, ratchet wheel, gold screwed compensation balance, blued balance spring, ruby endstone on the escape wheel. Silvered dial with Breguet radial hours, black minutes/seconds track with Arabic five minutes/seconds numerals, blue and red numerals for the tachy scale, 30 minute counter, subsidiary dial for the constant seconds, centre chronograph hand, and blued spade hands. Dial, case (with initials) and movement signed.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Signed: Juvenia
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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.
Juvenia is known for its extraordinary, avant-garde case designs, unusual time indications and architectural inspiration.
In 1988, Juvenia was acquired by Asia Commercial Holdings Ltd. Juvenia continues to produce fine watches with innovative characteristics and function with such 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 mechanical automatic movement.