Jacques-Frédéric Houriet. A fine, rare and unusual 18K gold half-hunter case quarter repeating lever watch with calendar, Sampson Mordan & Co. 9K gold propelling pencil and 9K gold chain
Jacques-Frédéric Houriet. A fine, rare and unusual 18K gold half-hunter case quarter repeating lever watch with calendar, Sampson Mordan & Co. 9K gold propelling pencil and 9K gold chain Signed Fred.c Houriet, movement inscribed “converted by T. Martin & Co., 151, Regent Street, London, movement and case no. 33'163, circa 1820 Movement: matte gilt, standing barrel engraved “Converted by T. Martin & Co, 151, Regent Street, London”, jewelled to the third wheel, English-type lateral lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, diamond endstone, repeating with two polished steel hammers on two square-section gongs, punch-numbered 33163 on the dial plate Dial: engine-turned silver secured by two screws, signed Case: four piece, front cover with Roman numerals around the glazed aperture, 51 mm. diam., punched with case maker’s mark “FO” in a lozenge and numbered 33163, gilt cuvette engraved with technical details, signed With: 9K gold propelling pencil engraved “B from J.S.C. 1915, War Office”, stamped S. Mordan & Co., London hallmarks for 1912, 83 mm. overall length and a 9K gold oblong-link chain, copy of the book Frédéric Houriet, The Father of Swiss Chronometry, by Jean-Claude Sabrier