Updated -Astonishing Egyptian design art nouveau Longines

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Syrte

·Dec 19, 2016·MWR Tech Support Dept

This leaves me speechless...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GOLD-EGYPTI...659462?hash=item5b307f17c6:g:4SMAAOSw0w9YVre1

 

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Fritz

·Dec 19, 2016

Wow. The serial number dates it to the early 20s, wasn't King Tut still a big thing then?

 

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Tony C.

·Dec 19, 2016·Ωf Jury member

The movement is lovely! Thanks for posting!

 

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Larry S

·Dec 19, 2016·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

well its obviously special and very expensive.

 

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aap

·Dec 19, 2016

Man, that is beautiful!

 

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JimInOz

·Dec 20, 2016·Melbourne Australia

I can just see that watch being lifted from Howard Carter's pocket to see if it was time for morning tea while he was supervising a dig near the great sites.

A lovely find Sylvie, do you have an interest at all?

 

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Syrte

·Dec 20, 2016·MWR Tech Support Dept

JimInOz

A lovely find Sylvie, do you have an interest at all?

Er, at 7500 euros I didn't even remotely consider it. 😜

 

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Darlinboy

·Dec 20, 2016·Pratts! Will I B******S!!!

Syrte

Er, at 7500 euros I didn't even remotely consider it. 😜

C'mon, the seller takes offers... take your best shot. 👍

The outcome is binary - isn't that a 50% probability you'd get it?

Lovely watch - bespoke perhaps? Certainly conjures up exotic images of a bygone era.

 

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Larry S

·Dec 20, 2016·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

I stared at this thing listening to music and drinking whiskey by the fire. I came dammed close to drunk bidding on this and then pocket watches. It's probably a cursed object I decided. Original owner was a tomb raider! Seriously is just so weirdly cool and beautiful. I'd want to know who owned it.

 

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Interstatetime

·Dec 21, 2016

Very cool watch. Way, way to much money...but who knows. Somebody might just have to have it.

JohnCote

 

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Syrte

·Dec 22, 2016·MWR Tech Support Dept

Interstatetime

Very cool watch. Way, way to much money...but who knows. Somebody might just have to have it.

Agree on all counts.

Darlinboy

Bespoke perhaps?

One does wonder.... quite beguiling in any event.

 

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Mr.Cairo

·Dec 22, 2016

Super nice, makes me want to take a ride on the Orient Express and solve some mystery

 

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RegF

·Dec 22, 2016

Its amazing the things that pop up on the internet, isn't it?

This is just one amazing piece of design!

 

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Syrte

·Aug 5, 2018·MWR Tech Support Dept

A recent member who liked this thread just reminded me of it. At the time I did not want to post anything publicly which might encourage the seller to persist in seeking a ridiculous price for that unbelievable watch.

However I did not resist at the time the temptation to flag it to the Longines museum in case they found it worthy of attention. And I can now reveal what I know (guess it fits with the Agatha Christie vibe).

Longines’ reply was very interesting, as they confirmed this watch was indeed invoiced to Longines-Wittnauer in the US in 1923.

A tad more research showed @Fritz’s instinct was totally right that King Tut was a big deal back then. A quick Wikipedia internet search shows the treasure was found in november 1922 and for months after it sparked media stories worldwide (which seem to have been the source of rumors of a curse). Thousands of tourists went to Egypt to see the tomb and artefacts in the years that immediately ensued the discovery.
So indeed, bravo @Fritz for making that connection.

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Radiumpassion

·Aug 5, 2018

Awesome movement as well as a spectacular case!

Love that Wilmot's regulator🥰

Almost looks like a down scaled 24.99

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Fritz

·Aug 5, 2018

Syrte

So indeed, bravo @Fritz for making that connection.

Elementary my dear Watson, my Mummy used to have one just like it.

 

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Deafboy

·Aug 5, 2018·His Holiness Puer Surdus

Radiumpassion

Almost looks like a down scaled 24.99

Maybe it isn't scaled down...

 

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allwoundup

·Aug 5, 2018

Beautiful watch. The discovery of King Tut's tomb was indeed "big" in the 1920s (and beyond)...Egyptian design/motifs were central to the Art Deco movement and found its way into architecture, interior design and home decor, fashion, automobiles, movies, music, advertising, etc.

 

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Syrte

·Aug 5, 2018·MWR Tech Support Dept

Fantastic post @allwoundup, thanks much for the input— and feel free to keep more coming!! I love those old posters and pictures of architectural elements. Interesting as it had never occurred to me before that a lot of the typical 1920s ladies fashion and hairstyle was indeed Egyptian inspired. But indeed looking at those pictures the connection seems obvious.

 

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allwoundup

·Aug 5, 2018

Syrte

Fantastic post @allwoundup, thanks much for the input— and feel free to keep more coming!! I love those old posters and pictures of architectural elements. Interesting as it had never occurred to me before that a lot of the typical 1920s ladies fashion and hairstyle was indeed Egyptian inspired. But indeed looking at those pictures the connection seems obvious.

Thank you....I have always enjoyed Art Deco, and appreciate the contribution of Egyptian design to it. It was such a huge movement for so many years we have a tendency to take it for granted in our daily lives even though it surrounds us most everywhere we go in details large and small. Keep an eye open for it....take a quick photo when you encounter it, and post your photos....it might make for a fun thread. The design elements are all over watch case designs from the '20s, '30s and '40s. Happy hunting!