Pocket Or Gusset Watch In Sterling Silver, Nielloed, With Vertical Straight-line Motif And Escutcheon.

- Solid silver niello pocket or gusset watch decorated with straight vertical lines and an oval escutcheon.
- French swan title and import hallmark 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
pendant head partially erased with the different letter P engraved in hollow located inside the swan hallmark of the office of
precious metal control guarantees of Pontarlier in the Doubs department (25).
- The swan hallmark may also have been affixed during a visit to the auction house by the bureau des garanties des
métaux précieux to be able to check the purity of the solid silver in the watch case.
- Stamp on the bowl, dust cover and setting of the watch case manufacturer with the letters H.F in an oval on
the setting partially erased for the manufacture Huguenin frères.
- The manufacture Huguenin frères 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-famous for the quality of its gusseted watch cases and made famous in particular for the
procedure they developed for niello silver gusseted watch cases and for specializing in the field of
niello silver gusseted watch cases.
- The manufacture closed permanently in 2022 after filing for bankruptcy.
- Solid niello silver gousset watch case, number 307377 present on the dust cover, on the rim of the bowl and
number 377 engraved in relief On the rim of the gousset watch case.
- Winding crown with a five-pointed star in relief in the center, slightly domed and beveled mineral glass.
- White enamel dial, marked chronometer Roman numerals for hours painted black, Arabic numeral for
minutes painted black for hours, graduation has index in black for hours and minutes.
- Blued steel stuart pear hands for hours and minutes.
- Small seconds dial at six o'clock with Arabic numerals and black painted railway graduation for the
seconds, blued steel second hand.
- Gilded brass movement set with rubies with anchor escapement, screws, crown wheel, ratchet, ratchet pawl, advance and retard
ratchet in polished steel and located above the balance wheel.
- Movement signed in recess H.P. for Hippolyte Parrenin (1851-1915) French watchmaker and manufacturer of
gousset watch movements.
- Hippolyte Parrenin founded his own watchmaking factory in 1876 located in Villers-Le-Lac in the Doubs department (25), he
is considered today to be one of the pioneers of French watchmaking.
- Pendant winder and set the time by pulling on the winder crown turning the winder at the same time in the
clockwise direction.
- In perfect working order, serviced by a watchmaker.
- Art-nouveau period circa 1900-1920.
- Gross weight: 71.20 gr.