Swiss 14K gold minute repeating pocket watch Circa 1890

Gold full hunter watch with LeCoultre caliber
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A fine hunting cased pocket watch with minute repeater made by Mathey-Tissot & Cie in Les Ponts-de-Martel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, circa 1890. The numbered, polished case of this watch was crafted from 14 carat gold. The white enamel dial has Arabic hour numerals, an outer minute track, a subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o’clock and pink gold hands. The movement has a LeCoultre caliber and repeats the minutes.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Weight: 111 g
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Signed: No name
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Edmond Mathey-Tissot
In 1886, watchmaker Edmond Mathey-Tissot founded his workshop in Les Ponts-de-Martel (Neuchâtel), Switzerland. Mathey-Tissot was a maker of high quality watches and mostly worked for large, well known companies.

In 1914, Mathey-Tissot was represented with six chronometers at the Kew Observatory competition, all of which were rated “particularly good”. In the same year, the company won the Grand Prix of the Swiss National Exhibition. During the First World War (1914-1918), they supplied the United States Army Corps of Engineers with precision chronographs. 

The Cartier Private Museum has an eight day travel alarm clock by Mathey-Tissot in its collection, originally acquired by the Duchess of Windsor. Mathey-Tissot further was Elvis Presley’s main supplier of wristwatches with ELVIS PRESLEY engraved in the bezels.

Mathey-Tissot has nothing to do with the watch manufacturer Tissot SA., but there is a pocket watch with a perpetual calendar and moon phases made by Edmond Mathey-Tissot which was simply signed Tissot on the dial. It possibly was ordered by and delivered to Tissot SA.