Swiss minute repeating hunting cased pocket watch Circa 1880

Gold minute repeating pocket watch 
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An almost as new, Swiss minute repeating hunting cased pocket watch by Mermod Frères  who used parts supplied by LeCoultre & Co., circa 1880. This watch features a 14 carat gold, engine turned case, with numbered and signed gold dome and slide for repeating mechanism. Signed enamel dial with radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds and gold spade hands. Bridge movement, frosted, gilt, signed and chatoned, with two hammers, two gongs, Brevet, governor for repetition and gold screw compensation balance.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 114 g
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Signed: Mermod Frères
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Mermod Frères Swiss makers of watches and musical boxes. The company was founded in 1816 by Louis Mermod and had workshops in Ste. Croix. The watches were sold in Geneva.
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No official partnership ever existed between Mermod Frères and LeCoultre & Co. The watch presented here was not a co production in the sense of a joint commercial venture or a shared brand collaboration.

It is an authentic, solo branded piece of Mermod Frères history. It acts as a perfect example of standard 1880’s Swiss horology: built using an ultra premium movement blank expertly crafted by raw suppliers like LeCoultre, which was then hand finished, timed, cased and beautifully hand engraved under the Mermod Frères house label.