330 - GEORGES AUBERT & CIE Gold Pocket Watch

GEORGES AUBERT & CIE Gold Pocket Watch Late 19th century Featuring a triple gold case, porcelain dial, Roman numerals, and decorated hands. Anchor-type mechanical movement.An elegant pocket watch produced by the Georges Aubert & Cie manufacture, in the savonnette (hunter-case) style, featuring a circular case in 18-karat yellow gold (750/1000), characterized by smooth, polished surfaces, hinged covers, and a fluted winding crown with a suspension ring.The white enamel dial bears the signature “G. AUBERT GENÈVE,” Roman numerals for the hours, an outer minute track with Arabic numerals at five-minute intervals, and a subsidiary seconds dial at six o’clock. The blued steel hands feature elegant openwork decoration.The manually wound mechanical movement, operated by the winding crown (remontoir), is equipped with a straight-line lever escapement, a Breguet hairspring, a compensated balance wheel, and 16 jewels, with jewel settings (chatons). The movement features finely finished metal bridges, exposed gears, screws, and a regulator marked “Avance” and “Retard.”The gold dust cover (cuvette) features refined engraved floral and ornamental motifs within concentric guilloché borders and bears the technical inscriptions “Remontoir – Ancre Ligne Droite – Spiral Breguet – Balancier Compensé – 16 Rubis – Chaton,” followed by the serial number 35470. The inside of the case bears the “18K” gold fineness mark, along with the serial number 35470.The watch is accompanied by a rectangular dark wooden presentation case, featuring a small metal shield-shaped plaque affixed to the center of the lid. Case diameter: 45 mm. Gross weight: 67 g. Georges Aubert & Cie was a Swiss watchmaking firm associated with the Geneva watchmaking tradition, as evidenced by the pocket watches it produced between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Its known production includes elegant pocket watches, some housed in 18-karat gold cases, characterized by white enamel dials, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dials, and manually wound mechanical movements. Recurring technical features include lever escapements, compensated bimetallic balance wheels, and Breguet hairsprings—all characteristic of high-quality Swiss watchmaking of the period. The name Georges Aubert also appears in patent records from the late 19th century. In 1887, an inventor of the same name, based in Le Sentier in the Canton of Vaud, obtained a U.S. patent for improvements to watch repeating mechanisms. A second Swiss patent, dating from 1895, documents further technical developments related to the regulation of repeating mechanisms. Although these records are chronologically and professionally relevant, the identity of the patent holder and the founder of the Geneva-based firm has not yet been conclusively established.Surviving examples attributed to Georges Aubert & Cie demonstrate a production distinguished by particular attention to the quality of movements, mechanical precision, and elegant finishing—firmly rooted in the Geneva watchmaking tradition of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Item condition rating: **** good. The lot is in good condition with normal signs of wear over time. Currently in working order.