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Pocket watch · La Chaux-de-Fonds

Pocket chronometer

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Movement engraved: Paul Ditisheim Fabricant La Chaux-de-Fonds Grand Prix Paris 1900 Compensateur Guillaume N° 44821.

Technical facts

Inventory number
MIH I-512
Object type
Pocket watch
Place of production
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Dating
1900 - 1920
Materials and techniques (catalogue wording)
Maillechort, Or, Émail
Dimensions (catalogue)
dimensions min/max: 51 x 60 mm; ép.: 12.40 mm
Inscriptions (catalogue)
Paul DItisheim Fabricant La Chauy-de-Fonds Grand PRix Paris 1900 Compensateur GUillaume N° 44821 (Mouvement); DITIS Grand Prix Paris 1900 N° 44821 (Boîtier); écureuil 0,585 (Boîtier); Paul Ditisheim Fabricant Chaux-de-Fonds (Cadran)

Historical significance

  • Movement engraved: Paul Ditisheim Fabricant La Chaux-de-Fonds Grand Prix Paris 1900 Compensateur Guillaume N° 44821.
  • Case engraved: DITIS Grand Prix Paris 1900 N° 44821 Hallmark (squirrel) 0.585.
  • Dial signed: Paul Ditisheim Fabricant Chaux-de-Fonds.
  • The bassine case is polished gold. The white enamel dial has a small sunk seconds dial, Roman numerals for the hours, and blued steel Breguet hands. The nickel-silver movement has a straight-line lever escapement, a Guillaume balance with gold screws and platinum regulating screws, and a steel balance spring with a Breguet overcoil.

Photographs

Pocket chronometer (MIH I-512)
Pocket chronometer (MIH I-512) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record
Pocket chronometer (MIH I-512)
Pocket chronometer (MIH I-512) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record
Pocket chronometer (MIH I-512)
Pocket chronometer (MIH I-512) — 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-512: https://collection.mih.ch/fr/collection/item/36457/

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