Chateau, La Petite -  Neat Dress Watch with a Splendid Color Blending of its Brush Finished Gold Case and its Pearl Colored Dial (circa '60s)
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Description/Comments:
This is one pretty sixties color coordinated dress watch design.  It features a very nice color coordinated case and dial with a day and date feature.

This watch is in excellent cosmetic and running condition.  In fact, it keeps very accurate time.

Case:
The square shaped case is brush finished gold tone metal and measures 1 3/16" across (including the crown) and 1 3/8" (from lug to lug.)   It is 5/16" thick. 

The back of the case is marked Base Metal and Swiss.

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Dial:
The round dial has a pearl background.  The dial is marked Chateau below the 12 o'clock position and La Petite above the 6 o'clock position, and below the 6 o'clock position it is marked Swiss Made.  All lettering is in black tone.

There are raised square shaped shiny gold toned  hour markers at the 12, 6 and 9 o'clock positions that have a cross pattern etched into their centers.  The 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11 o'clock positions are raised circular dot that is shiny gold tone colored.

The date feature is located at the 3 o'clock position and has black lettering for the days against a white background, and red colored Arabic numerals against a white background for the dates.

The baton style hour and minutes hands are a gold  tone in color with a very sleek streamline running through their middles.  And the straight sweeping seconds hand is a gold tone color as well.

The crystal has a flat surface and is curved around the edges and is raised 3MM above the surface of the case. 

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Band:
A 3/4 Regular Sized Norwegian Calf leather that is padded and sewn around the edges and is black in color.  It has gold tone buckle that perfectly matches the entire watch.
Movement:
Swiss Made Jeweled Mechanical Wind.
 

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