1931 GRUEN 'Quadron 123' Gents Art Deco Watch 123-102
Gruen
empressissi™ is pleased to offer this early Art Deco GRUEN Quadron watch for men from the late 20s in gold filled case. This particular watch has the dual tone 123 movement which is very rare and sought after.
The watch houses a rare and early 123 'Quadron' barrel shaped caliber running on 15 jewels with sub seconds complication. It is cased in a classic rectangular shaped 14K yellow gold filled case with gorgeous Art Deco 'skyscraper' design and hooded lugs. The case is in very good condition, it comes with a good crown and a near mint acrylic crystal.
The dial is a factory original hard enamel with Art Deco style numerals. The dial had its hazardous Radium filling removed and was recently restored with luminous filling, carefully hand painted in our atelier with non-toxic Super-Luminova™ material. The same material was applied to the original set of decorated skeleton hands as well.
This rare Gruen watch measures 22mm side to side (excluding crown) and 39mm from top lug to bottom lug.
Attached to this watch is its original GEMEX USA early gold filled over stainless steel bracelet with Art Deco design and semi-flex links on the back, excellent condition for its age, ultrasonically cleaned and ready to wear!
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Vintage watches are smaller than today's standards;