Audemars Piguet
The Oscar Heyman Egyptian Rivival bracelet watch
Oscar Heyman & Bros., better known
in the industry as the jeweler’s jeweler,
rose to prominence in the 1920s after
Oscar and his brother, Nathan Heyman,
immigrated to the United States from
Latvia in 1906. Six years later, the entire
family emigrated over and the brothers
formally opened their workshop for
business.
present watch is manufactured and
signed by Audemars Piguet, which further
provides a double seal of approval and
confidence. This bracelet watch was
designed by Oscar Heyman in the early
1920s in the Art Deco style of ‘Tutti Frutti’,
which was in vogue for the 1920s, and,
as some may argue, even more in style
today.
Having previously apprenticed at their
uncle’s Fabergeě workshop, the brothers
were well equipped to indulge the tastes
of New York society. Oscar and Nathan’s
ability to work in platinum, a relatively
new metal at the time, F