Pocket Watch : Antique Silver Grenoble Shooting Festival Pocket Watch

Antique silver Grenoble Shooting Festival pocket watch.

The watch has a stem-winding movement which is working nicely. The movement is protected by an inner hinged cover which is signed, ‘R Rivière horloger Grenoble’. Rivière would have purchased the ebauche, or blank movement, from Chrono Coq. He would then have finished it, and made any necessary adjustments, before casing it for onward retail.

The watch measures 51mm diameter excluding the winding crown and the handsomely shaped loop. The case is 800 silver and it is decorated to commemorate the 1911 Grenoble 11th Annual French Shooting Festival, XIme Fête Annuelle de Tir. To mark this massive national event, special commemorative pocket watches were commissioned.

The back of watch features an embossed design depicting a marksman or shooter alongside the festival's official text, ‘XIme Fete Anneuelle De Tir, Grenoble 1911’.

The acrylic lens is in super condition.

The dial is signed Chrono Coq and it has the French cockerel emblem. The dial is also in beautiful condition.

The watch comes in a new presentation box.

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All of our watches are checked over before listing, and are also checked for accuracy which is usually within around +/- two to three minutes over 24 hours (unless otherwise stated), which is considered respectable for a vintage watch.

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