Swiss 14 carat heavy gold hunter case watch Circa 1900

Very fine pocket watch with minute repeater
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A very fine, heavy gold full hunt case pocket watch with minute repeater, made by LeCoultre & Cie in le Sentier, Switzerland, circa 1900. This watch features a numbered, 14 carat gold, solid quality case and the white enamel dial features an outer minute and hour track with Arabic 5 minute- and hour numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o’clock and Rococo style hour and minute hands and a simple “stick” style hand for the seconds. The top quality movement is equipped with a precision lever escapement and a minute repeater.
The movement is signed.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 115 g
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Signed: LeCoultre (probably hidden in the movement)
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The item presented here is a very refined Swiss collector’s watch of excellent quality.
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It was a common practice for Swiss watchmakers like LeCoultre to manufacture “sterile,” or unbranded, dials. This was especially true for watches exported to the US market or sold to independent retail jewellers who wanted to print their own store name on the front. If the dial is blank, the official brand stamp is usually hidden inside the watch. It could be under the Barrel Bridge, the Balance Wheel or, in rarer instances, under the Dial Side.