This magnificent, fine and impressive antique diamond watch has been crafted in platinum and palladium.
This antique watch has a champagne-coloured dial which displays the maker's name 'Gruen Precision', in addition to the numeral 12 and hour markers.
The wristwatch retains the original gold-coloured hands.
This manual wind watch is fitted with a ribbed crown/winder.
The platinum* watch case is plain with a moulded border to the rim.
The stunning feature, convex oval-shaped sprung-hinged cover is ornamented with twenty-eight individually claw set diamonds, in a combination of pear and marquise cuts.
The lugs of the watch are embellished with ten further individually collet set marquise and pear cut diamonds, incorporating a curvilinear array of seven claw set baguette cut diamonds.
This fine and impressive 1920's cocktail watch is fitted with a fully articulated bracelet style strap.
The strap is comprised of fifty-one baguette cut diamonds, each individually claw set to an articulating link; this bracelet strap allows for a stunning and large display of diamonds encompassing the wrist.
The strap is further ornamented with a linear array of five marquise cut diamonds and five pear cut diamonds to the other, all claw set in a graduating formation, completing the bracelet design.
This imposing bracelet/diamond watch secures to the reverse with a fully integrated, push fit clasp, and benefits from the additional security of a hinged safety latch.
This stunning cocktail watch is fitted with an antique Gruen 17 jewels movement.
This magnificent watch is hallmarked to the reverse of the case with the platin mark (10%IRPLAT) has been independently tested using state of the art technology (Niton XL2 Analyzer) and verified as platinum and palladium.
The fine antique cocktail watch is supplied with an IDGL diamond grading report card.
Such combination watch and bracelets with this high diamond content are rare to the market.
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Date: Circa 1925