Swiss gold minute repeating watch with chronograph Circa 1890

Gold pocket watch with calendar and moon phase by Ulysse Nardin
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A rare, fine Swiss minute repeating hunting cased pocket watch with full calendar, moon phase and chronograph, circa 1890. Sold to A. Türler jeweller in Zurich.
18 carat gold polished case with signed gold dome, pusher for chronograph at “12” and slide for repeating mechanism. Enamel dial with Arabic “Empire” numerals, auxiliary seconds, three subsidiary dials for indications of the weekday, month and date considering the leap year, cobalt blue enamelled moon phase disc with inlaid golden stars and moon and gold spade hands. Bridge movement, rhodium plated and ground, with very finely ground and bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, two hammers / two gongs, wolfteeth winding wheels and gold screw compensation balance.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 131 g
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Signed: Ulysse Nardin Locle & Genève
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A. Türler, Swiss watch factory and watch trade
On February 5, 1871, the brothers Henry and César Türler founded a watch factory in Biel . Shortly afterwards, the first Türler collections are presented in Vienna and Pforzheim. 1892 comes Arnold Türler (1868-1917) to Zurich and takes over the destiny of the company. For his company headquarters he chooses the trading metropolis, which was already flourishing around the turn of the century, and moves into new business premises in the heart of Zurich, at the Münsterhof. 1904 arbitration César from the company. Arnold Türler opens the store on Paradeplatz in Zurich. Early November 1907. Werner Türler, the brother of Arnold Türler, opened a Türler branch in the capital of Switzerland at Marktgasse 29 in Bern.

After Arnold’s death in 1917, the widow Frieda Türler continued the company together with their sons Max and Franz. In 1920 Frieda Türler passed the company on to her sons. Max Türler died in 1942 , after the death of Max Türler the company expanded considerably under the direction of Franz Türler and finally maintained over 60 foreign agencies.

In the 1950s, the “Türler” company brought branded watches from, among others, ANGELUS and HEUER to the market with their own signature, sometimes as a single signature or also as a double signature such as “HEUER TÜRLER”. During this time, a few jewelers from well-known watch manufacturers were allowed to label their watches with their own signature, just as, for example, the Milanese jeweler “MARCONI” was allowed to label ROLEX watches with its signature.