Diamond Pendant Watches. Pendant watches are similar to pocket watches but were designed to wear around the neck or on chatelaines. They are more feminine than pocket watches and often have elaborate designs. Many of them were set with precious gemstones including diamonds.
Below are some examples and price guides of Art Nouveau diamond pendant watches including watches where diamonds accentuate other gemstones or enamel.
Unsigned A LADY’S ART NOUVEAU GOLD AND ENAMEL PENDANT WATCH WITH MATCHING CHATELAINE CIRCA 1905 • Movement: unsigned gilt bar cylinder, plain flat balance • Dial: cream enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gilt pearled outer minute ring, filigree hands set with pastes • Case: gold case, the back with raised chased and engraved iris flowers heightened with pearlescent and semi-matt enamels of purple, green and turquoise, one iris leaf set with diamonds, band and bezel similarly decorated, case maker’s mark SG with a key between and a star below in diamond-shaped cartouche, plain polished gold cuvette, case and cuvette numbered 75545 • matching gold chatelaine with three part hinged panel centrally set with enamel decorated flower heads, framed by scrolling leaves heightened with green enamel, uppermost lapel panel similarly decorated diameter 25mm, overall length 175mm
Sold for 3,750 GBP at Sotheby’s in 2019
A LADY’S ART NOUVEAU ENAMEL, DIAMOND AND EIGHTEEN KARAT GOLD PENDANT WATCH, TIFFANY & CO. the open face watch designed with an enameled plaque depicting a lady in profile, with bandeau and earrings set with old European-cut diamonds, together with a brooch of similar design; dial and movement signed Tiffany & Co.
Sold for US$ 4,500 (£ 3,187) inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2007
MARCUS & CO. ART NOUVEAU EMERALD, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND WATCH-BROOCH Manual movement, round and oval-shaped cabochon emeralds, green enamel, old-cut diamonds, 14k and 18k yellow gold, circa 1905, brooch and watch movement signed Marcus & Co, numbered Size/Dimensions: 7.0 x 2.9 cm (2 5/8 x 1 1/8 in) Gross Weight: 52.5 grams
Sold for USD 23,750 at Christie’s in 2021
Art Nouveau Ulysse Nardin diamond and 18k yellow gold pendant-watch and chatelaine Dial: round, white, black, Roman numeral hour markers, black outer minutes track, sunken subsidiary seconds dial at 6:00, black Arabic numerals, gold tone Louis XV hands, Ulysse Nardin, Locle
Sold for $1,100 at Clars Auction Gallery in 2019
