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Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 503

J. Huguenin & Sons, Locle, No. 13755. Made circa 1865. Fine, 18K yellow gold hunting-cased, double-train, independent seconds pocketwatchwith quarter-seconds diablotine.

CHF 5,500 - 7,000

USD 5,000 - 6,500 / EUR 3,500 - 4,500

Sold: CHF 6,000

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine-turned covers, reeded band, faux winding crown for releasing the front cover, button for the center-seconds and diablotine at 12. Gold hinged cuvette with engine-turned border. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost seconds divisions, subsidiary quarter-seconds diablotine. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 45 mm (20'''), nickel, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, double train with two barrels, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 53 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 4-11

Fair

Slightly worn
Movement: 3**

Good

Repair required, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Huguenin & Fils The firm was founded in the mid-19th century in Le Locle by Adolphe Huguenin. They exhibited watches and chronometers at the International Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. The firm registered its name in 1880 as required by the 1879 law with the trademark "A. Huguenin & Sons, Locle" and for chronometers "A. Huguenin & Fils".
Diablotine The feature known as a diablotine is a small subsidiary dial on a chronograph or independent center-seconds pocket watch, the hand of which moves in a jumping fashion at intervals of 1/4 or 1/5th of a second. The term literally means ?little devil?. The diablotine is halted when the chronograph or centre seconds is stopped and the fractions of a seconds can be read.