Rare Swiss gold 1st quality Superieur pocket chronometer Circa 1883

Gold hunting cased pocket watch by Louis Audemars
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A rare Swiss Louis Audemars 1st quality Superieur pocket chronometer with the extract from the archives, circa 1883. This watch has an 18K pink gold à goutte case, and its case number matches the movement number. The movement is glazed and has a Superieur quality signed chronometer movement made by Louis Audemars, with a helical hairspring, lever escapement, screwed gold chatons, special crown winding, and Geneva stripes. The original enamel dial is preserved and signed, featuring Roman radial hours, an outer minutes track, a subsidiary dial for the seconds, and blued hands. The watch is in excellent working condition and has an extract from the archives confirming its extremely rare chronometer quality.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Weight: 159 g
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Signed: L. Audemars Brassus Suisse
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Louis-Benjamin Audemars founded Louis Audemars & Cie in 1811 in the hamlet of Le Crêt Meylan near Le Brassus in the Vallée de Joux, Switzerland. He specialized in producing high-quality watch movements and precision complications such as repeater and chronograph mechanisms, which were hand-made and considered among the finest in the world. His ambition was to make complete case watches signed with his name, but he died before achieving this goal. His sons returned home around 1850 after training with different watchmakers and began using their combined knowledge to create their brand. However, they faced competition from companies that had equipped their factories with production machinery, which considerably reduced the purchasing price of watches. To counter this, the Audemars began making complicated watches that machines could not make, reaching perfect coordination of design, precision, and production. They were the first enterprise in the Vallée de Joux to make complete watches from start to finish and sign them with their name. Unfortunately, the company was bankrupt and liquidated in 1885 due to its lack of business acumen.