An Antique Galonne Cased Chopard Pocket Watch

An antique galonne cased Chopard pocket watch.

The watch has a good quality stem-winding movement which is working nicely. The movement is signed with the LUC initials for Louis-Ulysse Chopard, a watchmaker from the Swiss village of Sonvilier who in 1860 founded the company that still bears his name. The movement is protected by an inner hinged cover upon which are images of medals won in the late 1800s and also details of the movement.

The watch measures 50mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. It has a galonne case which means it is 800 silver (there Swiss hallmarks inside the case back together with the LUC mark) with a rose gold wash around the bezel and the edge of the case back but in this particular case, most of the gold wash has rubbed off through use. There is a little unevenness to the case back.

The lens is in good order.

The signed dial has some very faint hairline cracks and one of the hands is a replacement although of a similar age… the hands are initially set by way of the pin set mechanism.

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