Swiss gold keyless split seconds chronograph Circa 1880

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Kenmerk: CH1925
Diameter: 57 mm

Estimate: € 3.500 - 6.000
Price sold: € 5.500

Gold split seconds chronograph
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A Swiss 18 carat gold open faced keyless two train independent split seconds chronograph with jumping ¼ of a second, circa 1880. Lever movement. White enamel dial with Roman hours, outer minute divisions, an outermost fifth of a second track, a sunk centre and subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock, Louis XIV hands. An engine turned case back, polished bezels on both sides and a reeded band. Dial signed, cuvette signed and numbered.
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Diameter: 56.5 mm
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Signed: L.C. Grandjean Locle
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This timepiece was made by L.C. Grandjean of Le Locle, Switzerland, a reputed maker of complicated timepieces.

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The jumping seconds hand or foudroyante in French, indicates fractions of a second when the chronograph function is activated.

Signed: L.C. Grandjean Locle