Swiss rare hunting cased pocket watch with calendar Circa 1850

Almost as new gold pocket watch by Henri Louis Matile
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An almost as new, rare Swiss hunting cased pocket watch with calendar, circa 1850.
18 carat gold engine turned case with monogram cartouche, reeded band, engine turned and signed gold dome, and glazed movement. Enamel dial with radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, two subsidiary dials for indications of the weekday and the date, and blued Breguet hands. Bridge movement, rhodium-plated, with “Geneva striping” decoration, pink gold train, screwed gold chatons, wolfteeth winding wheels and gold screw compensation balance.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Weight: 156 g
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Signed: H. L. Matile, Locle
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Henri Louis Matile, Swiss watchmaker
Henri Louis Matile was based in Le Locle , he was born on March 3, 1817 to Henri Louis Matile and Augustine Robert Grandpierre. Henri Louis married Laure Ducommun and from this marriage 3 children were born. His son Henri Louis Matile became prefect of Boudry.

At the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876 , Matile was represented with its precision watches. In 1877, 1880 and 1882 he received awards at trade fairs in Neuchatel. Representatives for Matile in the US included Mathey Brothers, Mathez & Co, Star & Marcuse in New York, and I. Smith & Brother, Albany NY.

A date of death of Henri Louis Matile is not yet known.