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Subject of the offer: A virtually unique, museum-quality Jaeger LeCoultre & Cie. silver pocket watch with a quarter-repeat on two gongs, circa 1880 The magnificent artifact is hallmarked several times and signed in the movement "Lecoultre & Cie", three-lid clock with inner movement protection lid, all lids solid silver Guilloched English silver case, HM 1901, with empty, artistically hand-engraved monogram cartouche, unrestored, almost flawlessly preserved enamel dial with Arabic numerals and Arabic minute track, small second, gilt hands, chased white movement with anchor escapement, compensation balance and Breguet hairspring, winding wheels with rare and highest quality double wolf's toothing, 1 screwed chaton A more elaborate repetition pocket watch than this unique, high-precision movement could not have been built around 1890 LeCoultre signature under striking hammer, repetition via slide on the case edge, case diameter: 50 mm The magnificent piece of Jaeger leCoultre and watch history runs and runs, repetition works, accuracy not tested EZ: 1 - 2: barely noticeable signs of age-related wear, no damage to case or back, unrestored dial flawless except for 2 really tiny chips of 1mm each, right at the edge next to the "8", movement spotless and signed History of the military/luxury watch manufacturer Jaeger Lecoultre (Source: Wikipedia): Jacques David LeCoultre (1781–1850) and his son Charles Antoine LeCoultre (1803–1881) manufactured watch parts in Le Sentier and were instrumental in improving the steel used for this purpose. [2] The LeCoultre company was founded in 1833 by Jacques LeCoultre's sons Charles Antoine and François Ulysse LeCoultre (1813–1895) in the Vallée de Joux , Canton of Vaud . Eleven years later, Antoine LeCoultre, who had made a name for himself with the manufacture of high-quality pinions and the development of the "LeCoultre graver",