Swiss quarter repeater with “Grande Sonnerie” Circa 1900

Very fine, heavy hunting case pocket watch
–
A Swiss heavy hunting case quarter repeating pocket watch with “Grande Sonnerie” circa 1900.
Rose gold 18 carat case, enamel dial. Bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, gold screw compensation balance.
–
Diameter: 57 mm
–
Weight: 157 g. 
–
Signed: Henri Onésime Stauffer   Ponts-Martel
–
In 1897 Henri Onésime Stauffer obtained patent no. 13896 for a repeater with only one barrel for both clock and striking mechanism. Stauffer was born in Les Pont-de-Martel, Neuchâtel in 1820 and established a company for complicated watches “usually with repeater and strike ” around 1850. He obtained a number of patents, some of them in the US.  Stauffer is famous for his patented watch that has bridges in the form of the number 1776, the year of American independence.