{"product_id":"junghans-art-deco-pocket-watch-jota-zentra-calibre-38a-c-1927","title":"'JOTA' Dial on a Junghans Movement, ZentRa, c.1930","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare survivor from interwar German watchmaking - a JOTA-branded open-face pocket watch with Junghans movement, distributed through the ZentRa cooperative before 1939. Clean white enamel dial, striking Art Deco guilloche caseback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis open-face pocket watch carries the JOTA brand on its white enamel dial - a retail identity used by the ZentRa cooperative, Germany's largest watch distribution network of the interwar years. Inside sits a Junghans hand-wound movement, calibre 38a\/I - Junghans being Germany's largest watchmaker, based in Schramberg in the Black Forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA key detail for the collector: ZentRa officially discontinued the practice of showing both manufacturer and distributor names on the same dial after a Reichstag decision in 1939, documented in the Deutsche Uhrmacher-Zeitung (No.31, p.451). This places manufacture firmly within the period 1927-1939.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe caseback is the visual highlight - a geometric Art Deco pattern of engine-turned lines with a central cartouche, typical of quality German case production of the era. The white enamel dial is clean, with original copper-toned hands and a 24-hour outer chapter ring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crown setting mechanism shows wear and would benefit from a service, priced accordingly. A presentable, historically documented piece with a story most buyers won't find elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Junghans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239778996563,"sku":"PW-0014","price":250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/junghans-chrome-pocket-watch-c1927-front.jpg?v=1783552870","url":"https:\/\/estatecollection.nl\/products\/junghans-art-deco-pocket-watch-jota-zentra-calibre-38a-c-1927","provider":"The Estate Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}