{"product_id":"stern-freres-mother-of-pearl-dial-sapphire-bezel-c-1928","title":"Stern Frères Mother of Pearl Dial, Sapphire Bezel, c.1928","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Movado dressed as a jewel: 18K white gold with a full calibré-cut sapphire bezel, a mother of pearl dial ordered from Stern Frères of Geneva, and a sapphire-set bow to hang it from.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Movado playing jeweller, made around 1928 for a specific customer whose monogram is still on the case. The body is 18K white gold, 44mm, engine-turned front and back, and it is set with sapphires wherever a stone could sit: a continuous calibré-cut border around the bezel, the same stones carried across the bow, so the watch glitters from the chain down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dial is where the money went. It is mother of pearl over a silver base, with applied gold Breguet-form numerals softly toned by age, dark cross-pattée hands over the silvered centre, and a pearl-dot minute track; its reverse carries the signature of Stern Frères of Geneva, and what that signature means is set out in The Dial below. In the case, the pearl shifts colour with every angle of light, which is the whole point of the material and the reason so few dials were ever made of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe case opens in three stages, the front bezel on its hinge, the back cover, and the cuvette onto the movement, each closing with a secure click. Behind it all is a Movado 17-jewel dress calibre adjusted to five positions, with ruby cap jewels in gold settings; it winds, sets and runs correctly, the hands moving freely and the gold crown locking positively in both positions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe monogram on the back is the trace of the commission: this was made for someone, to an order that specified white gold, sapphires and a pearl dial from the best supplier in Geneva. A century later the stones are all present, the pearl is uncracked and undiscoloured, and the crystal is original with only minor fogging at its edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe marks, the movement and the condition are set out piece by piece in the drawers below; the Stern Frères signature is set out in The Dial.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Movado","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54466900754771,"sku":"PW-0122","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/movado-18ct-white-gold-pocket-watch-1_Hero.jpg?v=1785672691","url":"https:\/\/estatecollection.nl\/products\/stern-freres-mother-of-pearl-dial-sapphire-bezel-c-1928","provider":"The Estate Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}