Solid Silver Chronotachometer Pocket Or Pocket Watch From The Just.j.auricoste Brand.

- Solid silver chronotachometer pocket watch or pocket watch from the Just J.Auricoste brand.- The J.Auricoste company is the watchmaker of the navy, the State and the observatory, it is located in Paris at 10 rue de la Boétie, it participates in numerous universal exhibitions including Antwerp 1894, Paris in 1900, Hanoi 1902-Louis (USA) 1904, Liège 1906, Brussels 1910, etc. It won numerous major prizes at its exhibitions, including a gold medal in Paris in 1900. - Today, the company still exists and continues to manufacture watches for the army and private customers. - White enamel dial signed Just J. Auricoste, Arabic numerals for the 24 hours painted in red and black for the hours, index graduation for the minutes, all painted in black, small seconds dial at six o'clock with railway graduation, browned steel second hand, totalizer dial rev counter at noon with railway graduation and blued steel hand, tachymeter scale painted in black and red. - Stuart blued steel hands for the hours and minutes and central chronotachometer second hand in blued steel. - French hallmark of title and importation for watch cases coming from abroad, swan 800/1000 in use in France from 1893 to 1970, present on the head of the pendant, bail, bowl, dust cover, edge of the watch case with the different letter D located inside the swan hallmark of the office of guarantees of control of precious metals of Carcassonne in the department of Aude (11). The swan hallmark could also have been affixed during a passage in the auction room by the office of guarantees of control of precious metals, to be able to control the purity of the solid silver of the pocket watch case.- Smooth solid silver watch case, number 2290 and number 5 engraved in hollow on the bowl and the dust cover, bail with the letters NC engraved in hollow, winding crown and single-push button of the chronotachymeter in solid silver with a five-pointed star in relief in the center of the chronotachymeter push button, domed and beveled mineral glass.- Movement in gilded brass set with rubies with anchor escapement, signed Just and number 147232 engraved in hollow on the movement, screws and part and advance and retard index in polished steel and located above the balance.- Triggering of the chronotachymeter by pressing the single-push button on the top of the winding crown, stopping and resetting of the chronotachymeter by pressing the same button.- Winding on the pendant and setting the time by pressing the small push button located at the top right next to the pendant head and turning the winder clockwise.- In perfect working order, serviced by a watchmaker.- Art Nouveau period circa 1895-1920. Gross weight: 85.50 gr.