Ferdinand Verger Freres Platinum Tonneau

Creator: Verger Freres
Case Material: Platinum
Stone: Diamond
Stone Cut: Brilliant Cut
Strap Material: Leather
Case Shape: Tonneau
Case Dimensions: Height: 1.07 in (27 mm) Width: 0.91 in (23 mm)
Style: Art Nouveau
Place of Origin: France
Period: 1900-1909
Date of Manufacture: 1900
Condition: Excellent Replacements made: The crown was replaced.


VERGER FRERES
Founded in 1872
For the discerning ones
Wear Verger watch its integrate the club of famous clients : Mary Pickford, Arletty, Mistinguett, Joan Crawford, Paulette Godard, Katherine Hepburn, Claudette Colbert, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Dolores Del Rio, Anne May Wong, Merle Oberon, Mae West, Sonja Henie, Gloria Swanson...
Founded in 1872 by Ferdinand Verger, Verger Freres realised the synthesis in its time between Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
Due to its recognized know-how during the Roaring Twenties, Verger Freres worked for the most renowned European jewelers such as Boucheron, Van Cleef & Arpels, Hermes, Ostertag or Lacloche Freres, as well as the great American Jewelers such as Tiffany & Co, Marcus & Co, Black Starr & Frost. Thus, Verger Freres became a Jeweler of Jewelers, working for all the major houses, from Place Vendome in Paris, to Rue du Rhone in Geneva, to 5th Avenue in New York and Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles.
A Gerald Genta of its Time.
During the 1920s, the city of Paris became the capital of the arts and the privileged meeting place for artists and intellectuals of that time. Thus, Gertrude Stein introduced Picasso, Braque and Matisse to the works of Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald. The beautiful world frequents the salons of the capital, and Verger Freres is the jeweler of choice for many personalities.
A year before the great founding exhibition of Art Deco in Paris, in 1924, French luxury was exported to New York at the Grand Central Palace for an exhibition which, for the first time, brought together Parisian jewelers such as Verger Freres, Cartier, Mauboussin or Templier with fashion designers like the Callot sisters, Paquin, Vionnet, Jeanne Lanvin, or Worth.
Thanks to this exposure, it will be able to develop throughout the United States with a presence at Neiman Marcus as well as at the first retailers in major American cities such as Philadelphia (Caldwell J.E.), Palm Beach (Greenleaf & Crosby) or Chicago (Trabert & Hoeffer ) and especially in Los Angeles with Trabert & Hoeffer and Laykin, two of the jewelers, of which all of Hollywood was a customer.
Verger deserves immortality, as do most of the objects that they made. As Ralph Esmerian concisely put it: ?In terms of their creativity and production, they?re [Verger] right at the top of the French manufacturers, including the great retail names?.
Make the perfect gift with this fabulous Art Deco watch by Ferdinand Verger the founder of Verger Freres.
The early pieces will bear the early trademark, ?FV?, for Ferdinand Verger (after 1872); ?VF? for Verger Freres from 19111935; Georges Verger and son from 1935-1945; and Verger et Co. from 1945-1979 (probably run by Georges? two sons, Claude and Francois).
MODEL
Ferdinand Verger Tonneau - Diamond-Shape Case
Extremely rare and collectible platinum watch from 1910
CASE MATERIAL:
Platinum Case with Diamonds, dogs head hallmark for 950/1000 Platinum Purity
Trademark, ?FV?, for Ferdinand Verger 1872 to 1911.
CASE DIMENSION(S):
23 x 27 mm (excluding the crown)
DIAL:
Silvered Dial.
Breguet style blued steel hands.
FRONT GLASS:
Mineral glass.
MOVEMENT :
Manual Caliber
DATE:
Circa 1910
STRAP:
Black leather strap in very good condition unbranded.
BUCKLE MATERIAL:
Stainless steel buckle.
INCLUDED :
Accompanied by a black velvet pouch.
CONDITION REPORT :
The watch is in very good condition as pictured. Keeping good time to her age. The crown was change for a new one. A true must have. Our complete description have value of certificate of authenticity and appraisal.

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