Swiss Niello silver minute repeating chronograph Circa 1930

Graduate’s pocket watch of the watchmaker school Le Locle
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A rare Swiss graduate’s piece of the watchmaker school Le Locle with minute repeater and chronograph in a Niello silver case, circa 1930.
The case is made of Niello silver and has Art Nouveau Lilly decor, a case maker’s punch mark Niel HF (Huguenin Freres / Huguenin Freres & Co. / Fabrique Niel), a chronograph pusher via the crown, and a slide for repeating mechanism. The enamel dial has Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds, 30 min. counter, centre chronograph hand, and blued Breguet hands. And the rhodium-plated bridge movement has Geneva Stripes decoration, finely ground and bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, two hammers / two gongs, “Patent Swiss 7833”, governor for repetition, and gold screw compensation balance.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 104 g
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Signed: No name
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École Nationale d’Horlogerie de Besançon, French watchmaking school
Karl Moritz Großmann visited this school in Besançon as part of his study trips in advance of the founding of the German Watchmaking School Glashütte (DUS).