Les Fils de R. Picard, La Chaux de Fonds, Invicta

, Case No. 312687, 59 mm, 153 g, circa 1900

A large minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with chronograph, full calendar and moon phase

Case: 18k rose gold, polished, front lid with inner engraving: "Riunione Automobilistica Padova 16 Ottobre 1904", numbered and signed gold dome, pusher for chronograph at "2", pusher for repetition at "6", glazed movement. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, three subsidiary dials for indications of the weekday, month and date, Louis XV hands. Movm.: 1/2 plate movement, frosted, gilt, ground and bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, 2 hammers, 2 gongs, "Swiss Patent 12172" ("Régulateur silencieux, pour sonnerie de montres à répétition", Stolz Frères), "Swiss Patent 334" ("Perfectionnements apportés à la construction des mécanismes de répétition pour montres de poche de toutes dimensions", Barbezat-Baillot), governor for repetition, gold-chatoned centre wheel, gold screw compensation balance.
#38752

Case: very good, slightly worn
Dial: very good
Movm.: very good, to be restored, capable of running