Huma - Art Deco Two Tone Coffee 1940s NOS

Magnificent example from the Huma manufacture.
Created in 1948 by a certain Léon Guersillon in Annemasse.
He would develop the Huma Watch factory until 1954.

Here we have an example dating from approximately 1937, in N.O.S. condition.
This example was part of a watchmaking stock, some other examples of which were intended for German forces. They were never worn or distributed.

Original label still present.

Watch whose age, however, entails tiny micro-defects due to its transport and storage for nearly 100 years.

Mechanical movement, manual winding.
Movement serviced, optimal amplitude and drift.

Case dimensions: 21mm (with crown) / 37.5mm (lug to lug)

Brushed chrome-plated metal case
Clipped stainless steel case back.
Magnificent Art Deco lugs.

Two-tone brown and beige, champagne dial
Gilded Arabic numeral hour markers
Rose gold sword hands
Small seconds at 6 o'clock.

Original lamella strap in very good condition, in black leather.
Original steel pin buckle also.

Sold alone.