Swiss white and yellow gold keyless pocket watch Circa 1925

The case is made by Verger Freres
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A very fine Swiss 18K white and yellow gold keyless pocket watch, circa 1925. The case is made by Verger Freres, polished, yellow gold with white gold rims and bow, coin-edge band, and the back with engraved initials on an applied gold lozenge. Matte silver dial with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals, outer engraved minute divisions and blued steel hands. A rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed and numbered, case punched with Verger Freres mark and numbered.
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Diameter: 44.5 mm
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Signed: Breguet  Swiss
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Verger: Two generations of designers and case makers The firm was founded by Ferdinand Verger in 1872, Place des Victoires à Paris. Verger had two sons, Georges and Henri. In 1896 the trade mark F.V. was registered. Ferdinand Verger bought the firm of Lépine, Place des Victoires in 1901, and in 1914 he sold the remaining stock to Louis Leroy but kept the trademark, which he registered again in 1917. Successors of their father in 1911, Georges and Henri settled at 51 rue Sainte Anne under the name of Verger Frères. They were the Paris agent for Vacheron & Constantin. Not only wholesalers but also designers and case makers, they produced cases for the finest jewellers of the world, including Boucheron, Mauboussin, Ostertag, Tiffany, La Cloche, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Gübelin and even Hauser-Zivy y Cia. in Mexico.