Antique Didisheim Silver Chronograph Pocket Watch, C1900

Antique Didsheim chronograph pocket watch, c1900.

The watch has a stem-winding movement which is working nicely. The movement is stamped with a brevet (patent) number 6776. This Swiss patent relates to an 1893 application by Albert Didisheim et Frères. In 1912, the company changed its name to the now more well known name Marvin. The movement is protected by an inner hinged cover.

The watch measures 50mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is silver and there are Swiss hallmarks inside both hinged case backs for 935 silver. The case is in good condition.

The glass lens is in beautiful condition.

The dial has pin-set blued steel hands, a subsidiary dial to record up to 30 minutes and a constant seconds subsidiary dial. There is an old repair at number 2.

The chronograph is operated by pressing the crown down to start, again to stop and then again to re-set to zero (the hand re-sets just to the right of zero in this case). The hand on the recording sub dial is a little out of sync.

The watch comes in a new presentation box.

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