French yellow 18 carat gold pocket chronograph Circa 1920

Gold pocket watch with two complications by Fabrique G. Tribaudeau
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A fine, keyless-winding, French pocket chronometer watch with chronograph and open-face, circa 1920.
This watch has two horological complications: 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the winding-crown) with a telemetric scale graduated for 6 kilometres – Half-instantaneous 30-minute recorder (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock).
Polished 18-carat yellow gold case with an engraved back in taille-douce (fine cut) with the cypher L A. Enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer minutes/seconds track, subsidiary dial for the constant seconds at 6, subsidiary dial for 30-minute recorder at 12, tachymeter, and Breguet hands. And gilded brass movement with going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut compensated balance, and blued steel hairspring with a terminal curve.
The case pendant is based on the Swiss invention patent No. 4 646, delivered to Louis-G on February 15, 1892. Tribaudeau, Besançon (France), for a Pendant perfectionné pour montres de tous genres (Pendant perfected for watches of all kinds).
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: Fabrique G. Tribaudeau
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Watch Factory Tribaudeau, French watch manufacturer and mail-order company
The Tribaudeau Watch Factory was a small traditional company founded in 1876 in Besançon, named after its founder: G. Tribaudeau. It was initially located at four rue d’Alsace, later in the district of Bregille, four rue des Fontenottes, at the foot of the mountain near the funicular station (show this location).
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Tribaudeau sold their watches under the brand name “Trib” the company sold their products as a mail-order company; in addition to bags and wristwatches, they also sold clocks, alarm clocks, bijoux and jewels. The Tribaudeau company was also a delivery agent for Breitling. About fifty people worked in the factory before it closed in 1960. But thanks to a buyer who now manages the company that launched the Trib Créations brand name, a fresh start was possible in the 1980s.