Antique Junghans Pocket Watch. Art-Deco Style. Germany, Circa 1920

Gorgeous antique Junghans art-deco-style Junghans pocket watch made in Germany circa 1920 and in very good condition. The watch is made of silver-plated metal and is in great working order. We can see the brand logo of the prestigious watchmaking company engraved in the movement: an 8-pointed star with the name Junghans inside and a big capital J letter. The front cap is made of metal and glass; is original from the time and is finely preserved. This cap protects the white dial with big black Arab numerals and golden-metal Breguet hands. At the back of the watch, the silver-plated rear cap is decorated with a beautiful hand-engraved Art-Deco-style design. It is a combination of horizontal and vertical lines of different thickness which make up a balanced and very original abstract motif. The dustcap that protects the movement is made of brass and bears no engraved inscriptions or motifs. Under this cap, as well as the Junghans logo we can see the inscription 38a engraved in the movement. Its fine and original decoration, good working order and the prestige of the company that manufactured it turn this beautiful antique Junghans art-deco-style pocket watch into a really elegant jewel, as gorgeous as timeless. Dimensions: Width: Ancho: 48 mm.History of Junghans On 15 April 1861 Erhard Junghans created the company "Junghans und Tobler" together with his brother-in-law Jakob Zeller-Tobler in Schramberg. The company began to produce wristwatches in 1927. Beginning in the 1950s, the Bauhaus designer Max Bill created clocks and watches for Junghans and the relationship lasted many years. A remarkable example of his work is a wall clock he designed in 1956/57 that is in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art (New York). In 1962 Bill also created mechanical wristwatches for Junghans impressive timepieces, not only for their aesthetic design, but also their precision. In the late 1980s, Junghans introduced the first radio-controlled table clock on the world market. In 1990 the first radio-controlled wristwatch, called the MEGA 1, followed. In 1995 Junghans presented a solar powered watch with ceramic housing. Together with the Japanese clock maker Seiko, Junghans developed a globally oriented wristwatch that automatically sets the local time in respective time zones.