Large Swiss nickel Chronomètre de Bord deck watch Circa 1920

Nickel deck watch with wooden box by Alexander Hüning
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A large Swiss nickel open faced Chronomètre de Bord deck watch with a wooden box, circa 1920. 3/4 Plate movement, large Guillaume screw compensation balance. Plain case with military engraving H.S.↑ 2 12655 on the back. White enamel dial with Arabic hours, outer minute divisions and subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock. Dial signed, movement signed and numbered.
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Diameter: 64 mm
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Weight: 196 g
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Signed: Alex. Hüning Genève
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Alexander Hüning was born in 1855 and died in 1931. He was most likely a native of Germany who went to Geneva around 1880 after completing his apprenticeship. Alexander became a citizen of Geneva in 1898. In 1893 Hüning and Emile Fiebiger established the company Fiebiger & Hüning at the Rue de Lévrier 13 in Geneva together, which Hüning continued on his own after Fiebiger’s death. He was particularly known for his fine, complicated pocket watches of supreme quality. An overview of Hüning’s life and his work is available in Klaus Pöhlmann’s “Alexander Hüning, ein Deutscher Uhrmacher in der Schweiz” (a German watchmaker in Switzerland).