1970 LONGINES by SERGE MANZON Asymmetry manual

RARE Longines by Serge Manzon (French designer) Asymmetry Cross hair deep blue dial manual wind cal. 5601 reff 5029-1 from est 1970 Gold plated case measuring 17mm x 29mm paired with 10K gold filled adjustable mesh bracelet Serge Manzon (1935-1998) was a multifaceted artist who worked in France. Although he trained as a gemstone dealer, he later developed an extraordinary sensibility for sculpture and design. His style melded the Italian experiences of “Radical Design,” which questioned the rationalist expressive processes of the post-1968 movement, with those of a rediscovery of the “Streamline Modern” (or “Art Moderne”) movement originating in the 1930s, which was conceptualized as curved forms fused with rigidly geometric lines and modules.