108th Auction
2023/5/20
Lot 410
LeCoultre & Co.
A fine and heavy minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with original box, sold by Carl Suchy, Vienna
Sold
estimated
3.500—5.000 €
Price realized
4.800 €
specific features
Case
18 K pink gold, engraved monogram, gold dome with dedication engraving: "Ihrem und Ihres Vaters altgetreuem Mitarbeiter in dankbarer Erinnerung an vierzig Jahren gemeinsamen Schaffens. 1. April 1910 Robert Hitschmann, Hugo Hitschmann" (To your and your father’s faithful employee in grateful recognition of 40 years of co-working. 1. April 1910 Robert Hitschmann, Hugo Hitschmann), case maker's punch mark "AJ", glazed movement.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case no.1332
Diam.53 mm
Circa1900
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.121 g
Brothers Robert and Hugo Hitschmann owned an important publishing company for agricultural and forestry journals, which they had taken over from their father Hugo H. Hitschmann, founder of the modern agricultural and forestry press in Austria. The family was descended from an old Moravian farming family.