Henri Grandjean & Cie Outstanding pocket watch, quarter-repeater, chronograph, retrograde (fly-back) perpetual calendar, moon phases, two-time zone, made for the Spanish or South American market; 18K vari-colour gold | | Geneva, November 5, 2022
, Henri Grandjean & Cie Outstanding pocket watch, quarter-repeater, chronograph, retrograde (fly-back) perpetual calendar, moon phases, two-time zone, made for the Spanish or South American market; 18K vari-colour gold 18K Multi-coloured (yellow, pink, green and white), hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, large, heavy and impressive, pocket watch, made for the Spanish or South American market, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and eight horological complications:, · Quarter-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs (activated by the slide located on the case-band at 6 o’clock), · 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single rectangular push-piece located on the edge of the bezel at 6 o’clock), with outer ring, · Instantaneous perpetual calendar, · Retrograde (fly-back) date of the month (half-circle graduation at 12 o’clock with index), · Day of the week (subsidiary dial at 8 o’clock; indications given in Spanish), · Month of the year (subsidiary dial at 4 o’clock; indications given in Spanish), · Age and phases of the moon (subsidiary dial, graduated from 0 to 29 ½, and aperture at 12 o’clock), · Hours and minutes of a second time zone(concentric yellow gold hands, time-setting by push-pin on the right side of the pendant; the repeater mechanism is indexed to this set of hands), White colour enamel dial, with suspended “Breguet” numerals; blued steel “Spade” hands (time-setting by push-pin on the left side of the pendant); inner ring with radial Roman numerals for the dual-time., Five body massive “bassine et filets, carrure ronde” case, profusely chased and engraved overall with elaborate foliage; cover and case-back with four colour high-relief decoration of iris flowers cartouche, scrolls and a mask; engraved and guilloché (engine-turned) gold cuvette (dome) ; additional glazed cuvette to protect the movement. 20’’’ movement, nickel-plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 37 jewels, going barrel, wolf-teeth winding wheels, gold train of wheels, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance, blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial; chronograph work on the top plate.Brand Henri Grandjean & Cie, Le Locle
Model made for the Spanish or South American market
Year circa 1880
Movement No. 29 708
Case No. 29 708 / 16 865 (by “L G”, Neuchâtel mountains)
Material 18K vari-colour gold (yellow, pink, green and white)
Diameter 61.5 mm.
Caliber 20’’’, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement
Weight 276.6 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial, case and movement
