Lot 436

Attributed to Dubois & fils, Le Locle, Case No. 4088, 56 mm, 140 g, circa 1810
A fine quarter repeating pocket watch with musical movement
Case: 18k rose gold, case maker punch mark: "FLP". Ziffbl.: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, keywind, 2 barrels, 2 hammers, 2 gongs, musical disc movement with steel blades, mirror-polished steel parts, cylinder escapement, three-arm ring balance.
During our 83rd auction in May 2011 we presented a pocket watch with an identical movement, which was signed Dubois & fils, Le Locle; it sold at the time for EUR 10,600.
Du Bois & Fils
In 1785 Philippe Du Bois and his sons founded the Du Bois & Fils 1785 watch company at the family seat in Le Locle. Du Bois had already established extensive business connections all over Europe and America as a cloth merchant, which made things much easier for the start-up watch company. During the 19th century Du Bois & Fils opened branches in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States and business boomed. Due to its proximity to the trade fairs the German Frankfurt branch was particularly important.
Source: http://www.dubois.de/n251710/i252594.html, as of 03/12/2011

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