Watch, Jaeger, Edmond, Paris, ca. 1936
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1936
Watch, Jaeger, Edmond, Paris, ca. 1936 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca. 1936. The museum's brief description reads: Watch with diamond-set platinum case and gold link bracelet, Cartier, Paris, ca.
1936.. Museum description: Narrow rectangular watch with gold link bracelet set with baguette-cut diamonds around the face. Bracelet has patented 'boucle déployante' (opening buckle). The museum record gives material recorded as gold, platinum, diamonds; measurements Diameter 57 mm; Width 5 mm; place associated: Paris; maker recorded: Jaeger, Edmond. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
Wrist watches became fashionable for women in the years before the First World War. During the 1920s and 1930s Cartier was known for narrow rectangular watches which became known as 'baguette watches' on account of the resemblance of their shape to a baguette-cut diamond. Many were set on richly jewelled bracelets, often with baguette- cut diamonds framing the dial. The bracelet uses the 'boucle déployante', or opening buckle, which was patented in 1909.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold, platinum, diamonds
- Dimensions
- Diameter 57 mm; Width 5 mm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Gold, platinum, diamonds
- Maker recorded
- Jaeger, Edmond
- Place recorded
- Paris
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- Workshop mark EJ flanking an hour-glass for Edmond Jaeger; Two French eagle's head restricted warranty marks for gold; 3668; CARTIER / FRANCE; French dog's head mark for platinum; 014157 (the 7 overstrikes 8)
Identification
- Museum attribution
- Jaeger, Edmond
- Museum object name
- Watch
- Museum object number
- M.117-2007
- Museum system number
- O299091
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.