Art Deco movement and its influence on watches
SWG
nice Art Deco buildings, especially what is now a beautiful hotel, the
Argyle on Sunset, where from one has a very romantic nighttime view
over the city:
http://www.sunsettowerhotel.com/home.html
some more: http://www.adsla.org/la_deco.htm (not exhaustive at all. LA
has many more beautiful AD buildings)
please check on the interesting sites, for history and more on Art
Deco:
http://www.retropolis.net/
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/a/artdeco.html
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/art-deco.html
http://www.adsw.org/resource/websites.html
M. Cartier, jeweller in Place Vendome Paris, was the first to design
and manufacture Art Deco Jewellery and Watches & cross the Atlantic to
supply rich American Connoisseurs. Under their influence, soon France
and the rest of then "educated" world became also infatuated in wearing
Art Deco style.
Several American watch companies designed Art Deco watches for their
mass production, thus reaching another segment of consumers.
I am sure that many of you shall be interested in adding to this post.
Looking forward to reading about your own feelings and knowledge!
Dieter Michel
> Whilst in LA not so long ago, I again made my pilgrimage to some of the
> nice Art Deco buildings, especially what is now a beautiful hotel, the
> Argyle on Sunset, where from one has a very romantic nighttime view
> over the city:
hope you enjoyed your stay in California - please give my
best regards to your enchanting wife, I hope you are both well.
> M. Cartier, jeweller in Place Vendome Paris, was the first to design
> and manufacture Art Deco Jewellery and Watches & cross the Atlantic to
> supply rich American Connoisseurs. Under their influence, soon France
> and the rest of then "educated" world became also infatuated in wearing
> Art Deco style.
> I am sure that many of you shall be interested in adding to this post.
> Looking forward to reading about your own feelings and knowledge!
I like the Art Deco style very much for watches.
Anticipating your posting, I bought the following
ladies' watch as a Christmas present just recently:
http://www.uhrclick.de/bilder/c424.jpg
Best regards,
Dieter Michel
Moka Java
One of my main focuses in watch collection is Art Deco design. Here's
one of my favorites.
http://members10.clubphoto.com/richard959664/4112033-P3def/owner-ade5.phtml
Someone had removed the original movement and replaced it with a quartz
jobbie. Fortunately, they didn't cut the case up. Unfortunately the
butcher clipped the feet off the dial. I found the correct movement on
Ebay and had the dial restored. The watch is 48mm long and 20 mm wide,
curved platinum case stepped like a Mayan pyramid.
RT "yes, it's really mine" F
SWG
Dieter Michel wrote:
> Hi SWG,
> hope you enjoyed your stay in California -
Yes. I have visited some of my friends in LA: this time an Armenian
family in Encino, whom I brought the full set of Bopla tableware they
had been waiting for about 3 years. On Sunday, we went on an outing and
visited the newly remodelled, extended Ojai (pronounce Ohai) Hacienda,
Ranch, Hotel, Golf and Spa, in the Sierra close to Ventura, a place
where one could spend one's retirement.
Unfortunately I caught a cold with a bronchitis-like cough, which made
the rest of my stay in the Desert, not as enjoyable as expected, as I
have spent almost two days in bed in LV, trying to cure it. I did not
visit the glitter in Vegas. Anyway, I have enjoyed again driving
through Mojave Desert and re-visiting one of the most fantastic place
on earth: Death Valley. I went to see the latest Cirque du Soleil Show
"Ka" in MGM's new theatre, the third show of that company permantly
located in LV: the first one, "Mystere" is still my favourite. BTW
there is a fourth CduS-like Show going on in Wynn's, the latest super
luxury (7 stars like) Hotel. It cannot run under the same label,
according to the contract Mr. Wynn himself had devised and signed for
the Mirage Casino Group, which he sold a few years ago to MGM.
> please give my
> best regards to your enchanting wife, I hope you are both well.
She's well and said with a big smile: "likewise".
Meanwhile, we went to Munich for a week, visiting our eldest daughter.
I participated to Inhorgenta on behalf of a Polish friend, who is
expanding his own Swiss Made Brand.
>
> > M. Cartier, jeweller in Place Vendome Paris, was the first to design
> > and manufacture Art Deco Jewellery and Watches & cross the Atlantic to
> > supply rich American Connoisseurs. Under their influence, soon France
> > and the rest of then "educated" world became also infatuated in wearing
> > Art Deco style.
>
> I like the Art Deco style very much for watches.
> Anticipating your posting, I bought the following
> ladies' watch as a Christmas present just recently:
> http://www.uhrclick.de/bilder/c424.jpg
Your Art Deco watch belong to a special collection, which the then CEO
and main owner of Numa Jeanin devised & launched at Basel Fair over 25
years ago, as a trial to recover some of the turnover he had lost
dealing with the Communist Chinese Government. Unfortunately for him,
that was the end of his financial resources and he had to sell his
company to the then Chinese born Swiss importer of Omega in Hong Kong.
Numa Jeanin has now been thriving again, but only for the Chinese
market, with less beautiful and original models: unfortunately more of
the Lolex kind.
This must not be a bad omen for you though. I hope that the Christmas
Present fit well on your charming wife's wrist.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Dieter Michel
SWG
Moka Java wrote:
> Hi S,
>
> One of my main focuses in watch collection is Art Deco design. Here's
> one of my favorites.
>
> http://members10.clubphoto.com/richard959664/4112033-P3def/owner-ade5.phtml
>
> Someone had removed the original movement and replaced it with a quartz
> jobbie. Fortunately, they didn't cut the case up. Unfortunately the
> butcher clipped the feet off the dial. I found the correct movement on
> Ebay and had the dial restored. The watch is 48mm long and 20 mm wide,
> curved platinum case stepped like a Mayan pyramid.
>
> RT "yes, it's really mine" F
Welcome back! with such a beautiful AD watch example. I hope that your
Skiing Season was swell and you are also starting to feel burgeoning
Spring!
Nobody
> Unfortunately I caught a cold with a bronchitis-like cough, which made
> the rest of my stay in the Desert, not as enjoyable as expected, as I
> have spent almost two days in bed in LV, trying to cure it. I did not
> visit the glitter in Vegas. Anyway, I have enjoyed again driving
> through Mojave Desert and re-visiting one of the most fantastic place
> on earth: Death Valley. I went to see the latest Cirque du Soleil Show
> "Ka" in MGM's new theatre, the third show of that company permantly
> located in LV: the first one, "Mystere" is still my favourite. BTW
> there is a fourth CduS-like Show going on in Wynn's, the latest super
> luxury (7 stars like) Hotel. It cannot run under the same label,
> according to the contract Mr. Wynn himself had devised and signed for
> the Mirage Casino Group, which he sold a few years ago to MGM.
Sorry to hear that your visit to Las Vegas was marred with a
cold, but it sounds like you still had an opportunity to see
some of our glitter. When visiting, many people overlook
the diversity Las Vegas has to offer. Besides the Strip,
with its Mega Casinos, gambling and dining, there are a few
other ideas you might try if you return:
1) Most Strip casinos also offer very, very high end
shopping in their attached malls, including some very
exclusive watch stores. Across from Wynn's is Fashion Show
Mall, which has a Saks, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom's,
Dillard's and Macy's, along with the typical compliment of
other shops.
2) One of the hidden treasures of the Strip is the lunch
room of Nordstrom's, on their third floor.
3) Red Rock Canyon is just a short drive out West Charleston
Avenue. There is a 17 mile, one-way drive inside the Red
Rock Canyon Park that is beautiful, with many parking places
for folks wanting to walk some of the numerous trails
inside the park.
4)Just to the north of Las Vegas is Mt. Charleston. Did you
know that we have ski lifts in the desert? <grin> Just last
year, we had two avalanches. At about 7.500' in Kyle
Canyon, there are four residential developments along with
a park, ski lodge and hotel. Many of the homes there are
over a $million in value, with a very limited supply of
remaining lots.
5) Valley of Fire to the East of Las Vegas is both famous
and a great way to see some unusual rock formations and colors
6) Southeast of LV, there is Boulder Dam, offering both a
guided tour of the generating area and history of the dam.
It is also interesting to learn the story of how it was
built and about Boulder City.
7) Along the Strip, you can visit the Elvis museum and also
the Atomic Testing Museum. A few blocks away is the
Liberace Museum and Tropicana offers a gambling museum that
is (moderately) interesting. If killing time at the
airport, there is also a History of Flight in NV display.
8) There is a huge outlet mall on either end of the Strip
that offer some very good prices. One is just off West
Charleston, by downtown, and the other is just South of
I-215 on Las Vegas Boulevard.
I don't mean to post too much off topic, but thought that
since you might return someday, you would enjoy hearing
about some alternate attractions from a resident.
Nobody
Nobody
SWG
Appreciating your post. I share your opinion that there is much more to
Vegas than just the slots and the tables in the casinos. Actually that
was about the 20th time that I went to LV over the past 20 years:
besides vacation in CA, visits and participation to the JCK Watch /
Jewelry Shows. What I have noted, that I did not know are:
1. the lunch room of Nordstrom's, on their third floor: but there are
only good restaurants in LV
2. Just to the north of Las Vegas is Mt. Charleston: coming from CH,
you can understand that ski slopes are not a main interest.
3. also the Atomic Testing Museum: I shall visit next time.
4. with regards to the factory outlets: they are good. But as I go at
least once a year to Thailand, you can understand that there, they are
even better.
In any case I love LV and especially its surroundings as described,
with Death Valley, Hoover Dam & Lake Mead as my favourite.
Next time, I shall contact you before hand.
Do you have a jewelry / watch store in LV by any chance?
Richard Sexton
SWG <swissw...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>1. the lunch room of Nordstrom's, on their third floor: but there are
>only good restaurants in LV
The Chinese chicken salad is really really great.
>2. Just to the north of Las Vegas is Mt. Charleston: coming from CH,
>you can understand that ski slopes are not a main interest.
Heh. Most Californians live in a desert climate and they go gaga
over things like snow and trees. I remember driving up the coast;
everyone told us we HAVE to stop at Big Sur and a night there
would be unforgetable. Trouble is of course, it's like a little
piece of Ontario Canada, where I live again. Just way more expensive
and more hippies :-)
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SWG
Richard Sexton wrote:
> In article <1141078485....@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> SWG <swissw...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >1. the lunch room of Nordstrom's, on their third floor: but there are
> >only good restaurants in LV
>
> The Chinese chicken salad is really really great.
>
> >2. Just to the north of Las Vegas is Mt. Charleston: coming from CH,
> >you can understand that ski slopes are not a main interest.
>
> Heh. Most Californians live in a desert climate and they go gaga
> over things like snow and trees. I remember driving up the coast;
> everyone told us we HAVE to stop at Big Sur and a night there
> would be unforgetable. Trouble is of course, it's like a little
> piece of Ontario Canada, where I live again. Just way more expensive
> and more hippies :-)
You are most certainly referring to Post Ranch Inn, on top of Big Sur,
with the little swimming pool, where you get the impression that you
are swimming in the ocean:
http://www.slh.com/usa/big_sur/hotel_nchusa.html?src=interactive_maps
I went there with my wife early 1997, driving down leisurely from SFO,
where we had spent New Year. But we decided that the cost of that
"romance" was way up to high and drove further South to a Motel 6 in
Ventura, enjoying spending part of the difference on some good US Beef
stakes and a good bottle of Californian Syrah in a posh restaurant.
The Baron
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SWG
> Motel 6 is sometimes referred to as Motel Hell.
I feel that you are referring to the 1980 comedy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motel_Hell
I believe that the scene took place in a Travelodge on Sunset.
In any case, for us it was Motel Paradise, upon having enjoyed the
romantic Dinner, and still having save enough money to go on for
another good restaurant the next evening.
I have spent many nights all around U.S.A. in luxury hotels as well as
on the move in motels including Motels 6, which never looked like hell
to me: perhaps because I only went to still "respectable" locations.
IMHO, mainly people make Hell, not the locations.
One of the most romantic experience, was the evening spent at the
Argyle Art Deco Hotel on Sunset, upon having spent the night in the
Motel 6. That was our last night for that year in LA. We had nice
Dinner on the terrace of the sapphire blue swimming pool, surounded by
concrete palm trees, facing the LA's ocean of lights, with the full
moon lighting up the scenery.
The whole furniture in the room was also Art Deco. A dream.
SWG
> Motel 6 is sometimes referred to as Motel Hell.
I feel that you are referring to the 1980
comedy:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motel_Hell
And I believe that the scene took place in a Travelodge on Sunset.
In any case, for us it was Motel Paradise, upon having enjoyed the
romantic Dinner, and still having saved enough money to go on for
another good restaurant the next evening.
I have spent many nights all around U.S.A. in luxury hotels as well as-
on the move - in motels including Motels 6, which never looked like
hell to me: perhaps because I only went to still "respectable"
locations.
IMHO, mainly people make Hell, not the locations.
One of the most romantic experience, was the evening spent at the
Argyle Art Deco Hotel on Sunset, upon having spent the night in the
Motel 6. That was our last night for that year in LA. We had nice
Dinner on the terrace of the sapphire blue swimming pool, surounded by
concrete palm trees, facing the LA's ocean of lights, with the full
moon lighting up the scenery.
The whole furniture in the room was also Art Deco, including a table
clock. A dream.
The Baron
spend the night. The last one that I stayed at the police showed twice for
a disturbance, the time before my son found drug scales buried in a chair
cushion.
Not for me.
"SWG" <swissw...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Richard Sexton
The Baron <theb...@flash.net> wrote:
>I don't live in California, and Motel 6 would be the last place that I would
>spend the night. The last one that I stayed at the police showed twice for
>a disturbance, the time before my son found drug scales buried in a chair
>cushion.
That probbaly wasn't the one near Big Sur.