empressissi™ is pleased to offer this early and sought after American ELGIN wrist watch, part of an Art Deco series from the 20s with enamel trims. Amazing design and is ready to wear, gift or add to your collection!
The watch houses an early manual wind caliber, running on 15 jewels. It is cased in a signed breathtaking 14K white solid gold highly decorated case with a unique floral enamel pattern to the front. It has a mint crystal and an original decorated crown.
The dial is factory original and features embossed gold plated Art Deco numerals over off white background.
This amazing Elgin ladies watch measures 17mm side to side (excluding crown) and 30mm from top lug to bottom lug.
Attached to this watch is its original, ultrasonically cleaned and in excellent condition bracelet with floral pattern that has a unique attachment method (please inquire for further information). It will fit a wrist of 145-155mm comfortably.
Vintage watches are smaller than today's standards; To avoid the inconvenience of returns merely due to wrong size expectations, Please study the listed sizes and keep in mind that in most cases, vintage watches will be smaller than today's standards and are unlikely to fit a large wrist. For your convenience, and to better understand the proportions of vintage watches sizes, download and print a copy of our unique watch size reference PDF page.
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