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Pocket watch · La Chaux-de-Fonds

The back of the gold case is engine-turned with a barleycorn pattern

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The signature Courvoisier et Compe appears in very small letters under 12 o’clock on the white enamel dial, much like A.-L. Breguet’s secret signatures.

Technical facts

Inventory number
MIH I-180
Object type
Pocket watch
Place of production
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Dating
c. 1835
Materials and techniques (catalogue wording)
or, émail, laiton doré
Dimensions (catalogue)
dimensions min/max: 41 x 45 mm
Inscriptions (catalogue)
N° 59487 (Cuvette); Courvoisier & Compe (Cadran)

Historical significance

  • The signature Courvoisier et Compe appears in very small letters under 12 o’clock on the white enamel dial, much like A.-L. Breguet’s secret signatures.
  • The gilded brass movement has hour and quarter repaeting and ruby-cylinder escapement. The balance cock is fitted with an anti-shock device (parachute) and an index with a bimetallic compensation curb.

Photographs

The back of the gold case is engine-turned with a barleycorn pattern (MIH I-180)
The back of the gold case is engine-turned with a barleycorn pattern (MIH I-180) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record

Photographs are illustrative examples of the type, not necessarily the exact object described. Verify details against the source file page.

Sources & references

  1. Musée international d'horlogerie, online collection record, inv. I-180: https://collection.mih.ch/fr/collection/item/35215/

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.