193 - École d'Horlogerie Neuchâtel - Pivotet Detent Escapement

École d'Horlogerie Neuchâtel - Pivotet Detent Escapement (*) A very fine and impressive Swiss pocket watch—a masterpiece created by a graduate—featuring a pivotet detent chronometer escapement with a short pivotet detent Movm. No. 572, Cal. LeCoultre 20RV, Case No. 1917, Dimensions 54 mm, circa 1917, Weight 119 g, Origin: Switzerland Case: 18K gold, smooth. Dial: Enamel. Movement: Bridge movement, large gold-screw-compensated balance. An exceptional, high-quality precision watch, even by the high standards of Swiss watchmaking schools—crafted at the Technicum du Locle watchmaking school in Switzerland. The Technicum du Locle (also known as Technicum Le Locle) was a historically significant watchmaking and technical school in the Swiss town of Le Locle (Canton of Neuchâtel), which was originally founded in the 19th century as a watchmaking school (École d’Horlogerie). Today, the term is used primarily in connection with rare, highly complex “school watches” (Montres École). The school’s roots date back to the 1830s, when it was established to train the next generation for the flourishing Swiss precision watch industry in the Jura region. At the turn of the century (1901), the institution moved to new premises on Rue du Technicum—named after it—and established itself as an expanded technical education center under the name Technicum. Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movement: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.