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Vintage Ladies Watches

Vintage and antique ladies wristwatches from the jewellery houses and the great Swiss watchmakers, in gold and platinum, many set with diamonds. Pieces currently in stock include a Cartier Paris hexagonal platinum and diamond wristwatch of about 1913, a Tiffany & Co. Art Deco platinum diamond cocktail watch of about 1938, a Cartier Baignoire Mini, a Piaget with a red hardstone dial and an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak ladies watch in 18KT gold with diamonds.

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Tiffany & Co. Art Deco platinum and diamond cocktail watch, circa 1938

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Sizes

Ladies watches from before the 1970s are small, often 15 to 25 mm across. Each listing gives the case size in mm.

Ladies watch case sizes to scale Three round watch cases drawn to the same scale: 15 mm, 20 mm and 25 mm across. 15 mm20 mm25 mm Case diameters drawn to scale against each other.

Cocktail watches

Cocktail watches are small dress watches made as jewellery, usually with a diamond or gem-set case or bracelet and a small dial. They were made from the Art Deco period, when platinum and diamond cases were common, through the 1950s and 1960s, when gold bracelet and ring watches became popular.

Jewellers' watches

Many of the finest ladies watches were sold by jewellery houses: Cartier, Tiffany & Co., Van Cleef & Arpels, Chanel and Asprey. The case and dial carry the retailer's name, and the movement is often made by a Swiss maker for the retailer.

Quartz, manual and automatic

Each listing states the movement. Manual wind watches are wound by the crown each day; automatics wind themselves with wear; quartz watches run on a battery.

Questions about vintage ladies watches

What is a cocktail watch?

A small dress watch made as a piece of jewellery, usually with a diamond or gem-set case or bracelet. Cocktail watches were made from the Art Deco period through the 1960s.

How do I know what metal a vintage watch is made of?

From the marks struck on the case, such as hallmarks, gold or platinum standard marks and maker's marks. The metal and marks of each watch are stated in its listing.

Which movement does each watch have?

Each listing states whether the watch is manual wind, automatic or quartz.

Do the watches come with a box and papers?

Only where the listing says so.

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