Rolex, Art Deco, Gold Wristwatch

Creator: Rolex
Case Material: Gold
Case Shape: Square
Case Dimensions: Width: 0.87 in (22 mm) Depth: 0.28 in (7 mm) Length: 1.42 in (36 mm)
Style: Art Deco
Place of Origin: Switzerland
Period: 1930-1939
Date of Manufacture: 1938
Condition: Excellent Pristine, fully serviced, 2 year guarantee and full after sales maintenance service. Rolex - Case, Movement and Dial Fully Signed.


An Art Deco vintage wristwatch by Rolex dated 1938.
Yellow gold 9ct case marked Rolex and ?RWC LTD? for the Rolex Watch Company Ltd and "31 Records Universels? (World?s Records), Geneva, Suisse. Hallmarked for Glasgow import into the United Kingdom in 1938. Snap back.
15-Rubies (Jewels), Rolex, rectangular Ultra Prima HW movement. . Ultra Prima was the highest grade Rolex movement of the day.
Silvered dial with raised gold stylised Art Deco Arabic numerals, an indented subsidiary dial for seconds and a raised gold minute chapter. Blued Steel ?Feuille? hands.
Art Deco
The Art Deco period was one of the first truly worldwide movements of fashion in the arts, which reached its peak during the 1920?s and 1930?s. It had its roots in Paris just before the First World War. It took its name from Arts Decoratifs, an international Exhibition of Modern Decorative Arts in Paris in 1925.
Art Deco was a stylistic about turn to the Art Nouveau movement which preceded it. Gone were the soft, curved shapes and lines and in came straight lines and the bold geometric forms influenced by cubism and the desire to be modern. Parisian designers and jewellers such as Louis Cartier and Rene Lalique played an important role in popularising the Art Deco mode in their jewellery and objects. Infusing their designs with bold bright colours, setting emeralds, rubies and sapphires in simple lines and elegant settings.
Watch design was, as everything else, also influenced by the new modern ideal of straight lines, so watch cases began to become rectangular and square shapes.
Case, movement and dial signed.
Case Measurements:
Length (lug to lug): 36mm
Width: 22mm
Depth: 7mm
Suitable for a woman or a man that likes small watches.
All watches are given a full thorough service. They are stripped down to their individual parts, thoroughly checked for any obvious wear and tear, cleaned, lightly polished, re-oiled, reassembled and regulated. The final result is that the case, dial and movement are in pristine condition.

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