Swiss 14 Carat pink gold pocket watch with anker chronometer Circa 1910

Beautiful Geneva anker chronometer
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An extremely beautiful Geneva anker chronometer watch, made by Alex Hüning in Genève, Switzerland, circa 1910. The numbered plain stepped case of this watch was crafted from 14 Carat pink gold and has a reeded band on both sides. The white enamel dial has Arabic five minute and hour Numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial at six o’clock with Arabic numerals and pink gold hands. The movement has a top class Geneva anker chronometer escapement, with a similar construction to that of Patek Philippe’s, wolf’s toothing, a moustache lever and a fine adjusting device.
The dial is signed.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 103 g
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Signed: A. Hüning Fab^T, Genève
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Alexander Hüning
Alexander Hüning was born in 1855 and died in 1931. He was most likely a native of Germany who went to Geneva around 1880 after completing his apprenticeship. Alexander became a citizen of Geneva in 1898. In 1893 Hüning and Emile Fiebiger established the company Fiebiger & Hüning at the Rue de Lévrier 13 in Geneva together, which Hüning continued on his own after Fiebiger’s death. He was particularly known for his fine, complicated pocket watches of supreme quality. An overview of Hüning’s life and his work is available in Klaus Pöhlmann’s “Alexander Hüning, ein Deutscher Uhrmacher in der Schweiz” (a German watchmaker in Switzerland).