Large Swiss 18 Carat quarter repeating chronograph Circa 1900
- Kenmerk
- GF0543
- Diameter
- 57 mm
- Estimate
- € 3.000 - 6.000
- Price sold
- € 3.800
Quarter repeating gold hunter chronograph
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A large Swiss quarter repeating chronograph in a gold full hunter case with three 18 Carat gold lids and protective cover, circa 1900. Probably Le Phare . Polished steel chronograph work above the plate. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Lever escapement. Push button quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs, visible rotating train governor. White enamel dial with flyback centre seconds chronograph and continuous subsidiary seconds. Arabic numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Plain gold full hunter case, buttons in the band for the repeat and chronograph. Sprung front bezel opened by pressing a button in the gold pendant.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 118 g
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Signed: No name
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The LE PHARE watch manufactory
Founded in 1888 at Le Locle high in the Neuchatel mountains, the LE PHARE watch manufactory, which later on gave birth to the JEAN D’EVE watch range, has left its mark on the story of Swiss watchmaking. Indeed, from as early as 1889 its watches were rewarded by the most eminent prizes: Gold medal at the National Exhibition of 1896 in Geneva followed that of 1889 at the Great Universal Exhibition in Paris.
In 1897 came the silent regulator, a veritable technological marvel which overcame the problems of humming that beset repeater watches of the day. This brought another gold medal for LE PHARE at the Paris Great Exhibition of 1900. The company, not content to rest on its laurels, continued to develop and in 1970 was the second largest producer of chronograph watches in Switzerland! The strategy of the management is to take maximum advantage of this remarkable know how to develop new ways of measuring time.
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Reference 0012000
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A large Swiss quarter repeating chronograph in a gold full hunter case with three 18 Carat gold lids and protective cover, circa 1900. Probably Le Phare . Polished steel chronograph work above the plate. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Lever escapement. Push button quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs, visible rotating train governor. White enamel dial with flyback centre seconds chronograph and continuous subsidiary seconds. Arabic numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Plain gold full hunter case, buttons in the band for the repeat and chronograph. Sprung front bezel opened by pressing a button in the gold pendant.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 118 g
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Signed: No name
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The LE PHARE watch manufactory
Founded in 1888 at Le Locle high in the Neuchatel mountains, the LE PHARE watch manufactory, which later on gave birth to the JEAN D’EVE watch range, has left its mark on the story of Swiss watchmaking. Indeed, from as early as 1889 its watches were rewarded by the most eminent prizes: Gold medal at the National Exhibition of 1896 in Geneva followed that of 1889 at the Great Universal Exhibition in Paris.
In 1897 came the silent regulator, a veritable technological marvel which overcame the problems of humming that beset repeater watches of the day. This brought another gold medal for LE PHARE at the Paris Great Exhibition of 1900. The company, not content to rest on its laurels, continued to develop and in 1970 was the second largest producer of chronograph watches in Switzerland! The strategy of the management is to take maximum advantage of this remarkable know how to develop new ways of measuring time.
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Reference 0012000
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