Platinum, diamond and onyx cocktail watch. Made 1920s
Platinum, diamond and onyx cocktail watch. Made 1920s
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Information
- Brand: Cartier
- Year: 1920s
- Model: Art Deco
- Reference: N/A
- Calibre: EWC
- Movement: Manual
- Material: Platinum
- Features/complications: Diamond cabochon crown
- Dial: Off-white dial featuring black printed Roman numeral hour markers with inner minute track and blued Breguet moon hands
- Case dimensions: 23 x 23mm
- Bracelet/strap: Silk Moiré strap
- Accessories: 18ct rose gold and platinum deployant buckle with diamond and onyx set clasp
- SKU: 8791
Essay
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 Décoratifs, 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 jeweller Louis Cartier played an important role in popularising the Art Deco mode in his jewellery and watches.
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 jeweller Louis Cartier played an important role in popularising the Art Deco mode in his jewellery and watches.