1885 MAGNIFICENT 18k SOLID GOLD OVERSIZED ¼ Hr REPEATER CHRONOGRAPH SERVICED
Item History & Price
LOOK AT THE SCANS OF THIS SCARCE, VERY LARGE, 20-SIZE, (58mm or 2-1/4 inches in diameter), HIGH GRADE, “SUIZO Chronograph”, QUARTER HOUR REPEATER WITH CHRONOGRAPH. I JUST HAD IT COMPLETELY PROFESSIONALLY SERVICED AT GREAT COST AND IT IS RUNNING STRONG, KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME AND ALL FUNCTIONS OPERATE PERFECTLY. IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL!
THE HIGH GRADE COMPLICATED MOVEMENT IS IN MINT CONDITION – KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME – THE REPEATER FUNCTION WORKS PERFECTLY AS DOES THE ...CHRONOGRAPH.
I HAVE JUST HAD THIS WATCH COMPLETELY AND PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED / SERVICED BY A SWISS TRAINED MASTER WATCHMAKER AT CONSIDERABLE COST: DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED, LUBRICATED, REASSEMBLED AND REGULATED. IT IS RUNNING STRONG AND KEEPING GOOD TIME. ALL COMPLICATED FUNCTIONS WORK PERFECTLY.
THE “SUIZO” NAME WAS A BRAND OF THE “ACHILLE HIRSCH” LINE OF WATCHES MADE IN “LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS” SWITZERLAND IN THE MID TO LATE 1880’S. FOR SOME HISTORY ABOUT THAT FAMOUS SWISS COMPANY GO TO THE END OF THIS DESCRIPTION.
THIS IS TRULY A MUSEUM QUALITY ANTIQUE POCKET WATCH IN INVESTMENT CONDITION. THIS ENTIRE WATCH IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. IF NOT FOR SOME LIGHT SMALL DINGS IN THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS, ONE OR TWO IN THE DUST COVER AND A COUPLE SMALL TINY LITTLE EDGE DINGS (18k gold is very soft) - THIS WATCH WOULD BE PERFECT. YOU CAN STILL CLEARLY SEE THE FACTORY FINISH IN THE CASE AND IT IS NICE AND CRISP. THIS CASE HAS NOT BEEN POLISHED.
THE FRONT COVER POPS OPEN WITH A PUSH OF THE CROWN BUTTON, EXCELLENT LIFT SPRING. ALL THREE COVERS OPEN TO EXACTLY 90 DEGREES, EXCELLENT HINGES. THE INSIDE DUST COVER IS SIGNED “MEDAILLE D’OR – 1895 - REPETITION”. AND SHOWS SOME OF THE AWARDS THIS MOVEMENT WON BACK IN THE DAY.
THIS WATCH IS HUGE AND IMPRESSIVE IN YOUR HANDS AND WILL FLAT GET YOUR ATTENTION. THIS ONE STANDS OUT IN A CROWD. IT IS A STAGGERING 58mm IN DIAMETER (just over 2-1/4 inches), IT WEIGHS 106 GRAMS! THERE IS A LOT OF 18-KARAT GOLD IN THIS WATCH.
THE VERY HIGH GRADE AND COMPLICATED, GILT MOVEMENT IS IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION AND THE QUARTER HOUR REPEATER IS WORKING PERFECTLY AS IS THE CHRONOGRAPH. THE MOVEMENT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. THE CHRONOGRAPH STARTS, STOPS AND RESETS PERFECTLY.
THE BALANCE HAS EXCELLENT POISE AND A STRONG FAST BEAT. THE REPEATER WORKS PERFECTLY AND ACCURATELY CHIMES OUT THE TIME IN HOURS THEN THE QUARTER HOURS.
THE WATCH HAS A PERFECT HAIRLINE FREE PORCELAIN DIAL SIGNED “SUIZO CHRONOGRAPH”. THE WATCH HAS GORGEOUS ORIGINAL FANCY GOLD FILIGREE HANDS! THE DIAL HAS A WONDERFUL OUTER 25 – 300 TRACK WITH NUMBERS EVERY 25.
THE REPEATER WORKS WITH PUSH SLIDE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CASE. THE CHRONOGRAPH BUTTON IS AT THE “NUMBER 2” POSITION.
THIS WATCH WILL BE PROFESSIONALLY PACKAGED IN DOUBLE BOXES FOR SHIPPING.
THE REPEATER HAS A NICE CHARMING SOUND. THERE ARE TWO HAMMERS, ONE FOR THE HOUR AND THEN A COMBINATION OF THE TWO FOR THE QUARTER HOURS.
THE SOLID 18-KARAT GOLD CASE IS FULLY HALLMARKED – THIS WATCH IS ALL ORIGINAL AND UNMOLESTED – ACHILLE HIRSCH WAS A PREMIER WATCH MAKER KNOW FOR QUALITY HIGH GRADE WATCHES . THE CROWN IS PERFECT.
SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE VERY PLEASED.
A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THE WATCH MAKER:
Sometime in the 1880’s Achille Hirsch branched out and built his own watchmaking factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds. It was an innovative company. It was one of the first watch manufacturers to use machinery and a production line process to produce integrated components. The factory employed up to 100 workers and produced watches in their thousands. Achille Hirsch registered dozens of brands over the years as one of the most prolific watchmakers in Switzerland. His brands included Vigilant, Tosca, Normal, Unicum, Sopra, Stentor, Travail, Antoine, Climax, Omnibus, Velox, Corona, Invar and Criterion.
The company was one of the biggest producers of watches in La Chaux de Fonds at the beginning of the 20th century. They produced a huge range of watches and was one of the first manufacturers to seriously consider wristwatches, producing them as early as 1902. This was at a time when wristwatches or wristlets, as they were known, were considered feminine and not suitable for men. The wristwatch didn’t really become popular until the trench watch evolved during the First World War.
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THE HIGH GRADE COMPLICATED MOVEMENT IS IN MINT CONDITION – KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME – THE REPEATER FUNCTION WORKS PERFECTLY AS DOES THE ...CHRONOGRAPH.
I HAVE JUST HAD THIS WATCH COMPLETELY AND PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED / SERVICED BY A SWISS TRAINED MASTER WATCHMAKER AT CONSIDERABLE COST: DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED, LUBRICATED, REASSEMBLED AND REGULATED. IT IS RUNNING STRONG AND KEEPING GOOD TIME. ALL COMPLICATED FUNCTIONS WORK PERFECTLY.
THE “SUIZO” NAME WAS A BRAND OF THE “ACHILLE HIRSCH” LINE OF WATCHES MADE IN “LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS” SWITZERLAND IN THE MID TO LATE 1880’S. FOR SOME HISTORY ABOUT THAT FAMOUS SWISS COMPANY GO TO THE END OF THIS DESCRIPTION.
THIS IS TRULY A MUSEUM QUALITY ANTIQUE POCKET WATCH IN INVESTMENT CONDITION. THIS ENTIRE WATCH IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. IF NOT FOR SOME LIGHT SMALL DINGS IN THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS, ONE OR TWO IN THE DUST COVER AND A COUPLE SMALL TINY LITTLE EDGE DINGS (18k gold is very soft) - THIS WATCH WOULD BE PERFECT. YOU CAN STILL CLEARLY SEE THE FACTORY FINISH IN THE CASE AND IT IS NICE AND CRISP. THIS CASE HAS NOT BEEN POLISHED.
THE FRONT COVER POPS OPEN WITH A PUSH OF THE CROWN BUTTON, EXCELLENT LIFT SPRING. ALL THREE COVERS OPEN TO EXACTLY 90 DEGREES, EXCELLENT HINGES. THE INSIDE DUST COVER IS SIGNED “MEDAILLE D’OR – 1895 - REPETITION”. AND SHOWS SOME OF THE AWARDS THIS MOVEMENT WON BACK IN THE DAY.
THIS WATCH IS HUGE AND IMPRESSIVE IN YOUR HANDS AND WILL FLAT GET YOUR ATTENTION. THIS ONE STANDS OUT IN A CROWD. IT IS A STAGGERING 58mm IN DIAMETER (just over 2-1/4 inches), IT WEIGHS 106 GRAMS! THERE IS A LOT OF 18-KARAT GOLD IN THIS WATCH.
THE VERY HIGH GRADE AND COMPLICATED, GILT MOVEMENT IS IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION AND THE QUARTER HOUR REPEATER IS WORKING PERFECTLY AS IS THE CHRONOGRAPH. THE MOVEMENT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. THE CHRONOGRAPH STARTS, STOPS AND RESETS PERFECTLY.
THE BALANCE HAS EXCELLENT POISE AND A STRONG FAST BEAT. THE REPEATER WORKS PERFECTLY AND ACCURATELY CHIMES OUT THE TIME IN HOURS THEN THE QUARTER HOURS.
THE WATCH HAS A PERFECT HAIRLINE FREE PORCELAIN DIAL SIGNED “SUIZO CHRONOGRAPH”. THE WATCH HAS GORGEOUS ORIGINAL FANCY GOLD FILIGREE HANDS! THE DIAL HAS A WONDERFUL OUTER 25 – 300 TRACK WITH NUMBERS EVERY 25.
THE REPEATER WORKS WITH PUSH SLIDE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CASE. THE CHRONOGRAPH BUTTON IS AT THE “NUMBER 2” POSITION.
THIS WATCH WILL BE PROFESSIONALLY PACKAGED IN DOUBLE BOXES FOR SHIPPING.
THE REPEATER HAS A NICE CHARMING SOUND. THERE ARE TWO HAMMERS, ONE FOR THE HOUR AND THEN A COMBINATION OF THE TWO FOR THE QUARTER HOURS.
THE SOLID 18-KARAT GOLD CASE IS FULLY HALLMARKED – THIS WATCH IS ALL ORIGINAL AND UNMOLESTED – ACHILLE HIRSCH WAS A PREMIER WATCH MAKER KNOW FOR QUALITY HIGH GRADE WATCHES . THE CROWN IS PERFECT.
SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE VERY PLEASED.
A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THE WATCH MAKER:
Sometime in the 1880’s Achille Hirsch branched out and built his own watchmaking factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds. It was an innovative company. It was one of the first watch manufacturers to use machinery and a production line process to produce integrated components. The factory employed up to 100 workers and produced watches in their thousands. Achille Hirsch registered dozens of brands over the years as one of the most prolific watchmakers in Switzerland. His brands included Vigilant, Tosca, Normal, Unicum, Sopra, Stentor, Travail, Antoine, Climax, Omnibus, Velox, Corona, Invar and Criterion.
The company was one of the biggest producers of watches in La Chaux de Fonds at the beginning of the 20th century. They produced a huge range of watches and was one of the first manufacturers to seriously consider wristwatches, producing them as early as 1902. This was at a time when wristwatches or wristlets, as they were known, were considered feminine and not suitable for men. The wristwatch didn’t really become popular until the trench watch evolved during the First World War.
BUYING VINTAGE TIMEPIECES FROM ME IS A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE – PLEASE CLICK ON “SELLERS OTHER AUCTIONS” AS I HAVE DOZENS OF HIGH GRADE, SOLID GOLD AND SCARCE RAILROAD POCKET WATCHES AND HIGH GRADE AND COMPLICATED WRIST WATCHES IN AUCTION – GOOD LUCK! I DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO PLEASE THE BUYER!
I accept Paypal! Please set up your Paypal accounts before you bid as it takes several days. Buyer to pay $15.00 for insured shipping in the US and $45.00 for overseas. GOOD LUCK!
After you have placed your winning bid, you can visit my other auctions by simply clicking the “SELLERS OTHER AUCTIONS” located next to my user name. If you like what you see, bookmark my listing and I’ll bring you more each week!
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