Swiss gold repeater with grande and petite sonnerie Circa 1870

Repeating full hunter with grande/petite sonnerie by Lattès Frères

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An exquisite Swiss 18 carat gold full hunting cased trip quarter and hour repeating pocket watch with grande and petite sonnerie, circa 1870. Nickel plated movement, anker with compensation balance, double barrels with tandem lift and internal ratchet, polished and frosted steel parts, gold wheels. White enamel dial with Louis XV gold hands. Case in Renaissance style. à goutte, engraved, case maker’s mark ‘GC’ for Waldvogel. Cuvette, movement and dial signed. Comes with an elegant leather case. Made in collaboration with Golay.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight:  143 g
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Signed: Lattes Frères & Cie Genève
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Lattes Frères & Cie was active in Geneva from 1860 to 1880 and a respected manufacturer of complicated pocket watches with automata like independent center seconds.
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The legendary watchmaker David Auguste Golay (1814-1895) founded a dynasty of watchmakers in Geneva. At the age of 23, in August 1837, he married the director and daughter of a watchmaker, Susanne Henriette Leresche, and founded the company A. Golay-Leresche in 1847. Five sons came from this marriage. Two of his sons, David Louis Golay and Joseph Pierre Golay, continued the business after his death under the name A. Golay-Leresche & Fils. Louis became a jeweller and representative of the company in Paris at Rue de la Paix 2. Pierre became a watchmaker and later took over management of the company in Geneva. The brothers entered into a partnership with Edouard Stahl in 1896. Between 1896 and 1906, the company was renamed Golay Fils & Stahl and later Golay Fils & Stahl Successors.