Thanks - yes, I think that's a fair summary. You may be a bit more charitable than me - I still think it is more of a melange of styles than A&C proper, although with a pleasing outcome. Without the red numerals, I'd happily wear it I think.

 

I was under the impression that the Arts and Crafts movement was mainly in the UK, whereas Bulova was an American company. I would say the Bulova was more representative of the Art Nouveau movement. These things always intertwine though, and the A+C and AN styles borrowed from each other widely.

 

Both Art Deco and Art and Crafts were HUGE in the U.S.. One was the celebration of “modern”, the other was the opposition to modernity.

 

Art deco watch with Egyptian revival art deco shirt

 

Thanks for posting those, they are all nice but I especially like the gold one with multi step!
The one to the left of it looks a bit more 1950s... and of course the Marine is a textbook example of function meeting art deco design

 

This is the terrific Hatch Shell in Boston, an outdoor concert venue near the Charles River (1939-40).

 

That's a wonderful structure. But - without wanting to divert the thread too much - how is that protected from the harshness of winter? Any Bostonians able to say, please?

 

I don't recall seeing anything to prepare the structure for winter. Note many of the houses in Boston are made of wood; mine is 150 years old and has many wooden exterior features.

Here's a 4th July concert with the Boston Pops.

 

Depending on the species wood can be extremely weather resistant even without any preservative coatings.
Teak planking of centuries old ship wrecks often remains sturdy, and Cyprus logs sunk in rivers for centuries are routinely harvested since the valuable wood is now hard to find. Cyprus planking is famous for it resistance to seawater and the elements.
Even more common woods are often impregnated with plastics under pressure to become practically immune to moisture.
PS
I've seen a display of American Indian bows made of Osage Orange wood found buried in a three centuries old arms cache and still as good as the day they were buried. That wood contains a natural insecticide.

 

Arrived today





I got a tris





Now I'm looking for poker

 

Some time ago a collector’s instagram posting of a watch on a stingray strap reminded me that art deco often creates beauty by contrasting clean industrial lines with the wild patterns of exotic leathers and woods; and by contrasting the coldness of metal and the warmth of natural material.
And so I just had the idea to put a natural lizard strap on the following watch. The irony is that the vietnamese maker of this strap made it by mistake, and I bought it from him without having any use for it, just because he was nice and I didn’t want him to be stuck with it.
I had never seen natural undyed lizard before by the way, I like it much more than what we see usually.

 

Nature is very hard to beat!
Looks great.

 

The colours of the strap matches very well those found on the dial. Cool!

 

Says a lot for the impact straps can have on a watch.

Says a lot for vintage watches too. I like that Cyma.

Says a lot for this thread which just keeps on giving.

 

Thank you dear gentlemen, I really like the combo and I’m glad you do too. Indeed it’s amazing what a seriously matching strap will do for a watch.

 

Once again : great thread!

Not sure if it the following watches are Art Deco enough, but they are nice whatever.

 

Bonjour François, sympa de te voir réapparaître ! Hope you're well !
PS -all nice watches are welcome in the thread,
one can definitely see the "deco" influence on the numerals on the Lip even though it feels more 1940s than strictly art deco.... and I really like the triangular indexes on the Cyma even though it's more 1950s as you suggested yourself

 

Bonjour Syrte! I am okay and happy to be there again!