empressissi™ is pleased to offer this early and sought after Art Deco GRUEN wrist watch for men - a unique model from the late 20s in white gold filled case with a classic Art Deco design. This reference is simply known as the 'strap square' in Gruen catalogs.

The watch houses a rare and early 885 GUILD caliber, running well on 15 jewels with sub seconds. It is cased in a classic square shaped 14K gold filled case with decorations in Art Deco motif on the sides with unique black enamel pattern on the front. It had a mint flat crystal and a good crown. This case model ref is 885-11.

The dial is a 100% factory original hard enamel off-white dial with distinctive Art Deco figures and original set of hands. The luminous material on this dial has been restored with non-toxic Super-Luminova™ instead of the original hazardous Radium and it comes with the original set of hands as well.

This rare Gruen watch measures 25,5mm side to side (excluding crown) and 33mm from top lug to bottom lug.

Attached to this watch is a brand new quality slim genuine leather band in black, 20mm wide with an anti-allergic matching tone buckle.

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.