Live Auction 1372Important Watches Including A CONNOISSEUR'S VISION PART II
Lot 191

Swiss. An unusual 18K gold wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, fluted hooded lugs and cloisonné enamel dial

UNSIGNED, MOVEMENT SIGNED PRINTANIA, CIRCA 1950

Closed10 May 2010

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Swiss. An unusual 18K gold wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, fluted hooded lugs and cloisonné enamel dial
Unsigned, movement signed Printania, circa 1950
Circular nickel-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, translucent turquoise cloisonné enamel dial, Arabic numerals on scarlet enamel cartouches, sweep centre seconds, centred by translucent yellow and blue enamel depiction of the Arabian Peninsula indicating the location of Mecca, surrounded by the sea, circular case, snap on back engraved a map centred by the inscription Hîjaz Genève and a camel and inscription Al-Mamlaka Al-Arabia Al-Seoudiah Al-Kaaba Asshareifa, fluted hooded lugs, movement signed Printania
36 mm. diam.

Specialist note

Al-Hejaz or Hijaz, Hedjaz; Arabic for "the barrier", is a region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia. Defined mostly by the Red Sea, it extends from Haql on the Gulf of Aqaba to Jizan. Its main city is Jeddah, but it is probably better-known for the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina. As the site of Islam's holy places the Hijaz has significance in the Arab and Islamic historical and political landscape.