Swiss 18K gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1900

Gold ladies’ pocket watch by Ph. Du Bois & Fils
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An exquisite ladies’ pocket watch with quarter-hour repeater, circa 1900.
Very fine precision lever movement with repetition of the hours and quarter hours. Perfectly preserved enamel dial with Arabic radial hours, subsidiary dial for the seconds, and red gold pear hands. Very solid, plain polished 18K gold case, case numbered, signed Dubois & Fils.
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Diameter: 37 mm
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Weight: 42 g
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Signed: Dubois & Fils Locle
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Ladies’ watches with repeater are rarities and are traded significantly higher than comparable men’s watches
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DuBois & Cie.
In 1785 Philippe DuBois and his sons founded the DuBois & Fils 1785 watch company at the family seat in Le Locle. DuBois had already established extensive business connections all over Europe and America as a cloth merchant, which made things much easier for the start-up watch company. During the 19th century, DuBois & Fils opened branches in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United States, and business boomed. Due to its proximity to the trade fairs, the German Frankfurt branch was particularly important.