Swiss 14k gold and polychrome enamel watch Circa 1891

Gold hunting cased pocket watch
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A very fine and rare Swiss, 14K yellow gold and enamel hunting cased keyless pocket watch, circa 1891. With chronograph and instantaneous 30-minute register. Alpine Village Scene by Henry Grandjean & Co., Locle, enamel probably by Rosselet. Made for S. Fairburn, Mexico in 1891. A heavy case, the back with a polychrome enamel scene depicting an Alpine village with a mill along a river in the foreground and the Mont Blanc in the background, pushbutton at 12 o’clock for stop/start.
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The front cover with enamel monogram SF, gold hinged cuvette over hinged glazed gold bezel for viewing the movement. White enamel dial, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost chronograph ring with five-minute Arabic figures, sunk subsidiary seconds and 30-minute counter. Blued steel spade hands. A nickel movement, Geneva striping decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Signed: Henry Grandjean & Co.  Locle
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Henry Grandjean was one of the first to enter the South American Market. He was also one of the first to manufacture marine chronometers in Switzerland and was an initiator of the Neuchâtel Observatory. Grandjean received a First Class medal at the 1851 Universal Exposition in London. In 1868 the company won an award for its marine chronometers. Henry died in 1879 but it appears that the company continued until 1899, the year in which Rossel & Fils became the successors. On January 9, 1908, Rossel & Fils transferred the title to Charles-Ferdinand Perret.