Another piece I don't know to much about. The 18kt case is marked 8099 Hi Lp Matile and Locle. The dial and movement are also marked with the same name and number. Gorgeous movement with two barrels and gold train wheels. The watch has two pushers, one that starts and stops the chronograph function and the other is for time setting. I would like also to add that the small bits hand is a quarter second recorder. Very high grade, but don't know too much about the maker. I am sure it is Swiss made.
Posts: 785 | Location: Tijeras, New Mexico USA | Registered: July 12, 2005
second half of the 19th century; made very fine high quality complicated watches mainly imported to the United States
He displayed watches at 'The New York exhibition of the industry of all nations' 1853. The official catalogue says: Fine gold chronometer balance and independent seconds watches; two chronometer movements. He also took part at the Philadelphia exhibition 1876: ... makes a speciality of complicated watches and displayed among others repeaters, chronographs and chronometers, also accompanied rating bulletins from the Neu-chatel Observatory. ... #10607 is a repeater watch, sounding the hours, quarters and minutes, independent seconds, chronograph, indicating the phases of the moon, the months and the days. ... #10661 is a watch with independent seconds, fifth of second, chronograph with two split seconds hands.
With help of the two numbered watches I would date your watch close to 1870.
Regards, Gerald
Posts: 742 | Location: Wertheim in Germany | Registered: February 21, 2009