Rare Imperial Russian silver, gold&Niello award Aeby&Landry hunter pocket watch
Rare Imperial Russian silver, gold&Niello award Aeby&Landry hunter pocket watch. Are antique late 19th Century Imperial Russian silver, gold&Niello award Aeby&Landry full hunter case pocket watch and matching silver, gold&niello chain seal fob c1898. The watch has an amazing entirely hand engraved hunting scene depicting a hunter and two dogs with gold inlay. The rear case depicting a hunter's trophy. The watch is a Grand-Prix winner with 12 gold medals and prizes! The watch has a fine enamel dial depicting enamel portraits of Tsar Nicholas II. High grade 15 jewels movement, lever escapememnt, Breguet spiral, Guillaume balance. The watch is 44mm The watch comes with a CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. The company Aeby & Landry was founded by John Aeby and Constant Felicien Landry in Madretsch in 1873. The factory had since 1878 a particularly good reputation. They produced in addition to standard pocket watches, chronographs and watches with music box and alarm function. The workshop was very modern for its time and was already equipped with gas engines to drive the machines. In 1882 the factory already employed 300 workers. He used his experience and knowledge to modernize the watch industry in his home country to the American model. Initially people were very sceptical concerning the new production methods from America, but Léo Aeby was finally able to convince even the most sceptical through the quality of his watches. Customers of the Aeby & Landry products, among others included the firm Gruen for whom Aeby worked for quite some time. From 1884, Aeby & Landry also introduced pocket watches with digital display into the market. They were an in-house development based on a patent (patent 18 May 1883) of Josef Pallweber. These watches would, however, as the jump number pocket watches of the other producers, not be popular for a very long time.
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- Brand: Abey&Landry
- Department: Men
- Type: Pocket Watch