Vintage 1900s Ladies 9ct Enamel Dial 28mm

WHAT WE LOVE:

The wristwatch as we understand it today was not yet an established form at the turn of the twentieth century. Pocket watches were the standard for men; wristlets — small watches in hinged cases, worn on the wrist — were considered feminine accessories rather than instruments. The watches being made in this transitional period between pocket watch and wristwatch carry a specific quality: they are made with the craft standards of the late pocket watch era — hand-fitted movements, enamel dials, solid gold cases — in a form that acknowledges the wrist as a new location for a watch to live.

This example shows exactly the qualities that define this transitional period at its finest. The 9ct gold round case — smooth, domed, with the characteristic rounded profile of Edwardian wrist cases — is joined to the wrist via a simple fixed-bar bracelet of matched gold, the kind of attachment that preceded the hinged lugs that the 1920s would standardise. The white enamel dial is the detail that rewards the closest examination: fired vitreous enamel over a copper substrate, applied in multiple layers, and still brilliant white and perfectly intact over a century after it was made. The black Roman numerals and the outer seconds ring in matching black, the blued steel hands, and the complete absence of any maker's signature make this a watch whose excellence speaks entirely through its materials and execution rather than its brand attribution.

WHATS INSIDE:

This antique wrist watch is powered by a high-grade 20 jewel Swiss-lever manual-wind movement of the Edwardian period. The movement winds via the crown and requires winding regularly. The has been fully serviced this year of 2026.

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