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Independent Dead Center-Seconds &Quarter-Repeating A. Huguenin & Fils, Locle, No. 14181, retailed by Jles. Pelletier, Horloger, Angers. Made circa 1875. Very fine, quarter-repeating, 18K rose gold, two-train, keyless pocket watch with independent dead center-seconds, double gold wheel train and 24-hour dial. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished, the back with an applied gold monogram, buttons at 11 for the hand-setting and 1 to stop the center seconds. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details and with engine-turned border. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minutenumerals. Gold spade hands. Notes Independent Dead Center-Seconds In 1776, in Geneva, Moise Pouzait invented the independent dead seconds mechanism in which the movement has two trains, one conventional, and the second with a sweep-seconds hand which can be stopped without stopping the main train. Huguenin & Fils The firm was founded in the mid-19th century in Le Locle by Adolphe Huguenin. They exhibited watches and chronometers at the International Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. The firm registered its name in 1880 as required by the 1879 law, with the trademark "A. Huguenin & Sons, Locle" and for chronometers "A. Huguenin & Fils".


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