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Very cool finds I am just fascinated with Egyptian history and art such an amazing time in history and there is still so much to this day they are discovering and so much that one can see and appreciate in person.

Thanks for sharing.
Egyptian history is fascinating, f
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Very nice. Europe was crazy with Egypt at the time. Everything "Egypt" was hyped.

You can see this also in the "Egytienne" typefaces that came up at that time: bold fonts with heavy serifes which were considered to by Egypt-style for some reason. "Rockwell" is a common typeface still in use today that is in that style.

The details of the crown, and the inlaid stones throughout are marvelous. The caliber is lovely. Especially the regulator is very nice!
Yeah when i saw it i jumped on it, i suppose you could say i have Egypt hype ( had a lovely boxer called Anubis growing up). Thé caliber is not Gruens Ultra verithin but it's in good condition as far as i can tell. Thanx for thé kind words about thé watch
 
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You can see this also in the "Egytienne" typefaces that came up at that time: bold fonts with heavy serifes which were considered to by Egypt-style for some reason. "Rockwell" is a common typeface still in use today that is in that style.
Interesting would you have examples of those fonts?

Congrats @Pierre1333 on acquiring a nice 1920s watch for your birthday.
 
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Interesting would you have examples of those fonts?

Congrats @Pierre1333 on acquiring a nice 1920s watch for your birthday.
Thank you very much. I would also like to see some examples of those fonts have a great Monday everyone.
 
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Thanks @gatorcpa for seeking it out for us.

in fact I wasn’t sure what to expect ... to me the font on the OP watch and the watch posted by @Pierre1333 to me is just 1920s in style, without anything especially Egyptian.

There were plenty of non “Egyptian” enameled gold watches from the 1920s in those days, some nice Omegas were posted in that thread, including by @tyrantlizardrex from AJTT.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/sug...ntage-omega-pocket-watch.118729/#post-1582189
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Below are photos of color lithographs taken from the book, “Grammar of Ornament” (1865), showing common “Egyptian”, “Greek”, “Moresque” and “Persian” design motifs, many of which found their way into the enamel, chasing and graphic ornamentation of watch dials and cases during the later part of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century.
 
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While on the topic, did anyone else hear about last week’s mummy parade in Egypt?

 
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Indeed @DaveK, quite a spectacle- the Egyptian president is creaming to maximum effect the evocative power of those pharaos to do fundraising for the museums and boost future tourism.

So @allwoundup those reference pages you posted confirm that the jewelery below, advertised in the 1925 issue of the French magazine “L’Illustration”, is indeed Egyptian inspired.
 
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"Grammar of Ornament" by Owen Jones is probably the most influential design book of the 19th century. It influenced pretty much all aspects of decoration, from jewellery to ceramics to wallpaper. Fantastic reference book.
 
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"Grammar of Ornament" by Owen Jones is probably the most influential design book of the 19th century. It influenced pretty much all aspects of decoration, from jewellery to ceramics to wallpaper. Fantastic reference book.
I picked up several pages from the book at a flea market...probably 25 years ago.
 
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I picked up several pages from the book at a flea market...probably 25 years ago.
That was a great thing to buy, goodness knows what an original copy of the book sells for these days, I have only seen the copy in the National Art Library in the V&A.
 
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That was a great thing to buy, goodness knows what an original copy of the book sells for these days, I have only seen the copy in the National Art Library in the V&A.
The lithograph pages I purchased are in great condition....several were matted....paid “beer money” for them. Getting harder and harder to come by “finds” like that these days.
 
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Here’s a good 1920’s Egyptian style type font:

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Reading the thread again reminded me @Radiumpassion had figured out the name of the square font on the OP watch which was “cubiste”- maybe he can remind us where that came from?
Also the watch is still available at the link @JimInOz posted above.
 
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Doesn't look like the same font to me. Unless a font "allows" for such perspective distortion.

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Doesn't look like the same font to me. Unless a font "allows" for such perspective distortion.

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You’re right —my bad.
Thank you so much @Radiumpassion for taking the trouble to repost- a very interesting reference table 👍
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I have a feeling (based on little other than never having seen the font before) that this particular triangulated 'Egyptian' font could be particular to those almost triangular cases alone. I don't see the font being anywhere near so harmonious in any other shaped case.

That Cubiste font is pretty common I think, I can even remember it popping up on a SmithS MK X on a copper coloured dial, it was an anonymous replacement dial, admittedly.
 
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