Swiss minute repeating watch with two jacquemarts Circa 1890

Gold hunting cased repeater by Maurice Ditisheim
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A very fine Swiss minute repeating hunting cased pocket watch with two Jacquemarts, circa 1890.
14 Carat rose gold engine turned case with a gold dome, maker’s mark of Maurice Ditisheim (angel with bell and hammer) and slide for repeating mechanism. Central translucent cobalt blue enamel chapter dial over an engine-turned ground, black background with screwed-on pink gold bell striking figures: left side Chronos, right side two Cupids, with radial Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds and Louis XV hands. Divided 3/4 plate movement, frosted and gilt, with two hammers/two gongs, screwed chatons, screw compensation balance, index spring fine adjusting device and counterpoised lever.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Weight: 125 g
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Signed: Maurice Ditisheim, La Chaux-de-Fonds
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Maurice Ditisheim (1831-1899) was a Swiss watchmaker and entrepreneur.
 In 1858 Ditisheim opened a workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds that quickly grew into the manufactory “Maurice Ditisheim”; in 1894, the factory began producing watches under the brand name “Vulcain”. Ditisheim was one of the first patrons of the MIH (Musée International d’Horlogerie), which was the international watch museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
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A Jacquemart (sometimes Jaquemart and also called a quarter-jack) is an automaton, an animated, mechanised figure of a person, usually made from metal, which strikes the hours on a bell with a hammer.