Golay Fils & Stahl Genève 18ct Yellow Gold Open Face Keyless Minute Repeater Pocket Watch C1900

Golay Fils & Stahl Genève 18ct Yellow Gold Open Face Keyless Minute Repeater Pocket Watch C1900 with 9ct Yellow Gold Watchchain

Dial: The perfect white enamel Roman dial signed Golay Fils & Stahl Genève with subsidiary seconds hand and blued steel hour and minute hands.

Case: The 18ct yellow gold case with plain back, signed and numbered on the inner cuvette with hallmarks and stamps of Golay Fils & Stahl on all cases.

Movement: The beautiful nickel finished fully jewelled keyless lever movement ,signed and numbered with two polished steel hammers striking the hours quarters and minutes.

The firm was founded at 31, Quai des Bergues, Geneva in 1837 by Auguste Golay-Leresche, a clockmaker. The house was sold to Stahl around 1900 and the name became Golay Fils & Stahl. In the period from 1860 until 1930 there were two stores, the original in Geneva and one in Paris.