Pocket watch · Keyless dress watch

This keyless dress watch was manufactured by Aero Watch S.A. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, circa 1960, and retailed by Jacques, Horloger. The timepiece features an 18K yellow gold, two-body bassine-style case measuring 49 mm in diameter, with a curved band. The case back is decorated with an enamel painting depicting Venus and Cupid after Rembrandt, which is described in the auction notes as being indistinctly signed. The white enamel dial displays radial Roman numerals, an outer minute track, red 24-hour numerals, and a subsidiary seconds dial. It is fitted with blued steel spade hands. Internally, the watch houses a 36 mm gilt movement finished with oeil-de-perdrix decoration, comprising 17 jewels, a straight-line lever escapement, a monometallic balance, a self-compensating flat balance spring, an incabloc shock absorber, and a micrometer regulator.