Pocket Watch Or Pocket Watch In Solid Silver With Niello Decoration Of A Vertical Straight Line And Crest

- Pocket watch or pocket watch in solid silver with niello decoration of vertical straight lines and a coat of arms.- French hallmark of title and swan import 800/1000 expressed in thousandths for watch cases coming from abroad in use in France from 1893 to 1970 present on the dust cover, border of the pocket watch case and on the front of the head of the pendant partially erased with the different letter P engraved in hollow located inside the swan hallmark of the office of guarantees of control of precious metals of Pontarlier in the department of Doubs (25).- The swan hallmark could also have been affixed during a passage in the auction room by the office of guarantees of precious metals to be able to control the purity of the solid silver of the watch case. - Hallmark on the watch case manufacturer's dust cover with the letters HF in an oval for the Huguenin frères manufacture.- The Huguenin frères manufacture founded in 1868 by two brothers Fritz (engraver) and Albert (guillocheur) is located in Switzerland in the canton of Neuchâtel in the town of Le Locle. - It is world-renowned for its quality of manufacture of pocket watch cases and made famous in particular for the process they developed for pocket watch cases in nielloed silver and having specialized in the field of pocket watch cases in nielloed silver. - The manufacture closed definitively in 2022 after filing for bankruptcy.- Pocket watch case in solid nielloed silver, number 35503 present on the dust cover engraved in hollow. - Winding crown with a five-pointed star in relief in the center, slightly domed and beveled mineral glass. - White enamel dial, marked in full chronometer with a sun and the letters BL interlaced inside the sun painted in black, Arabic numerals for the 24 hours painted in red and black for the hours, railway graduation in black for the hours and minutes.- Blued steel Bréguet hands for the hours and minutes. - Small seconds dial at six o'clock with Arabic numerals and railway graduation painted in black for the seconds, second hand in burnished steel. - Gilt brass movement set with rubies with anchor escapement, screws, crown wheel, ratchet, ratchet pawl, advance and retard index in polished steel and located above the balance. - Movement signed in hollow HP for Hippolyte Parrenin (1851-1915) French watchmaker and manufacturer of pocket watch movements. - Hippolyte Parrenin founded his own watch factory in 1876 located in Villers-Le-Lac in the Doubs department (25), he is considered today as one of the pioneers of French watchmaking.- Pendant winder and time setting by pulling out the winding crown while turning the winder at the same time clockwise.- In perfect working order, serviced by a watchmaker. - Art-nouveau period around 1900-1920.- Gross weight: 64 gr.