ART DECO 20K white gold RING - WATCH - PENDANT

20k White Gold, 15 Jewel movement, converts from ring to an equally elegant PENDANT WATCH

Oval Case, 1" x 5/8",
hand engraved around glass and sides in various wreath patterns which continue along the hinged split shank;

Gross wt with crystal but without movement : .18 troy ounce

Dial : handsome black arabic numerals around a floral-pattern reserve with blued steel hands

Movement : signed "15 jewels & 2 adjustments / Swiss / Fortis W Co".
(original mecanical watch movement; set time and wind daily or before wearing by the crown)

Signed on Case : "patented / 20 K" two times, each on inner side of the convertible split ring shank which opens into open oval pendant frame

Finger size as ring : 5-3/4

Overall length as pendant : 1-7/8" x 3/4"

Movement serviced and guaranteed by watchmaker John Yedlowski, with his one year waranty # 20615


mrc 22001.......................................................................................SOLD

FORTIS
Swiss watchmakers, founded 1912, with a history of innovation

The Swiss watch company Fortis was founded in 1912 by Walter Vogt. In 1926, Fortis was selected by English inventor John Harwood to produce the first automatic watch, then the first automatic wristwatch, exhibited by Fortis in 1937 Basel World. These would be followed in the Harewood-Fortis partnership by breakthrough model chronographs and waterproof watches through the 1940's.