Chade

Chade, Swiss, case No. 705180. Made circa 1920. Very fine and rare 18K gold, enamel and ramolayé keyless dress watch. Four-body, "bassine", back decorated with royal blue translucent enamel over ground guilloche and yellow gold ramolayé Dragon again a rooster. Two-tone silver, guilloche center, bezel repeating the back decoration, black painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel Scotties hands. 18’’’, nickel-plated, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring. Diam. 48.5 mm. Thickness 10 mm.