A Huguenin & Sons. A Gold Calendar Quarter Repeater Pocket Watch C1890

A. Huguenin & Sons. An 18ct Yellow Gold Full Hunter Keyless Lever Calendar Quarter Repeater Pocket Watch C1890

Dial: The magnificent original silver dial, signed A. Huguenin & Sons Locle with raised three coloured foliage to the dial with Roman numerals outer silver dot minute track. with aperture for the month at twelve o'clock, subsidiary dials for the day at nine o'clock the date at three o'clock and the moon phase with the subsidiary seconds dial at six o'clock. The hands are all original in blued steel

Case: The beautifully engraved heavy 18ct yellow gold case with the front cover covered with a garland of flowers, foliage and a vacant cartouche. The back cover is again richly engraved with garlands of flowers and foliage with the oval cartouche engraved with a bird sitting on a nest with eggs. The inner gold cover is engraved Cronometro, the serial number and A. Huguenin & Sons Locle with an engine turned surround. The repeater slide is on the side of the case. The cases are all Swiss Hallmarked and numbered.

Movement: The wonderful nickel finished fully signed keyless lever movement, highly jewelled to the centre abor, with compensation balance blued steel hairspring, fast slow regulation and wolfs tooth winding. All the screws are made of blued steel which contrast beautifully with the polished nickel finished movement. The gongs and the polished steel hammers are visable and chime clearly when the repeater mechanism is activated.

Auguste Huguenin was a fine Swiss watchmaker working in Le Locle in the Jura mountains producing with his sons many fine complicated pocket watches and winning many awards for his outstanding achievements in horology. This watch just shows his fine craftsmanship and it would make a fine addition to one's collection. This watch is sold with a one year guarantee and our certificate of authenticity.