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H. Barbezat-Bôle, Le Locle - Montre École (*) A very fine Swiss pocket watch with a minute repeater—a graduate’s project, manufactured at the École d’Horlogerie du Locle Cal. LeCoultre, Case No. 251, Dimensions 57 mm, circa 1890, Weight 135 g, Origin: Switzerland Case: Niello silver, floral decoration, rose-gold monogram, rose-gold crown, bow, slider, hinge, and shackle. Dial: Enamel. Movement: Bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, lever escapement, gold-screw-compensated balance. Henri-Ernest Barbezat-Bôle was born in 1851 in Les Bayards, in the canton of Neuchâtel. He adopted the name “Barbezat-Bôle” upon his marriage to Louise Amanda Bôle. He was the brother of Charles-Ami Barbezat-Baillot, the founder of Le Phare. The two firms were thus linked by family ties but operated as independent companies. The watch manufacture was founded in Le Locle around 1875 and specialized in high-quality, complicated pocket watches, particularly minute repeaters, grande sonneries, chronographs, chronometers, and automatons. Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movement: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
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