HAUSER ZIVY & CIE/LA ESMERALDA | A VERY FINE AND RARE GOLD AND ENAMEL HUNTING CASED KEYLESS TWO-TRAIN MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE CLOCK WATCH WITH CHRONOGRAPH, PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND MOON PHASES MADE FOR SOR. DN. FERNANDO DE TERESA CIRCA 1894, NO. 1894 [極罕有黃金畫琺瑯雙發條三問大小自鳴計時懷錶備萬年曆及月相顯示，為SOR. DN.費爾南多・德・特蕾莎製造，年份約1894，編號1894]

81. HAUSER ZIVY & CIE/LA ESMERALDA | A VERY FINE AND RARE GOLD AND ENAMEL HUNTING CASED KEYLESS TWO-TRAIN MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE CLOCK WATCH WITH CHRONOGRAPH, PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND MOON PHASES MADE FOR SOR. DN. FERNANDO DE TERESA CIRCA 1894, NO. 1894 [極罕有黃金畫琺瑯雙發條三問大小自鳴計時懷錶備萬年曆及月相顯示，為SOR. DN.費爾南多・德・特蕾莎製造，年份約1894，編號1894]

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HAUSER ZIVY & CIE/LA ESMERALDA | A VERY FINE AND RARE GOLD AND ENAMEL HUNTING CASED KEYLESS TWO-TRAIN MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE CLOCK WATCH WITH CHRONOGRAPH, PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND MOON PHASES MADE FOR SOR. DN. FERNANDO DE TERESA CIRCA 1894, NO. 1894 [極罕有黃金畫琺瑯雙發條三問大小自鳴計時懷錶備萬年曆及月相顯示，為SOR. DN.費爾南多・德・特蕾莎製造，年份約1894，編號1894]

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HAUSER ZIVY & CIE/LA ESMERALDA

A VERY FINE AND RARE GOLD AND ENAMEL HUNTING CASED KEYLESS TWO-TRAIN MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE CLOCK WATCH WITH CHRONOGRAPH, PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND MOON PHASES MADE FOR SOR. DN. FERNANDO DE TERESA

CIRCA 1894, NO. 1894

[極罕有黃金畫琺瑯雙發條三問大小自鳴計時懷錶備萬年曆及月相顯示，為SOR. DN.費爾南多・德・特蕾莎製造，年份約1894，編號1894]

• Movement: damascened nickel, highly jewelled two-train, lever escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance, the chronograph mechanism partially visible to the backplate

• Dial: white enamel, Arabic numerals, outer track for minutes/chronograph seconds and with calibrations for 300 units, four sunken subsidiary dials for date, seconds combined with aperture for moon phases, day, month combined with leap year cycle, gold filigree hands, central chronograph seconds hand

• Case: 18ct gold highly decorated, the covers and band chased and engraved with tightly arranged scrolls, gold bow similarly decorated, front cover with monogram F.T. in red and blue translucent enamel, the back with the year 1894 decorated en-suite with the monogram, the band with short slide for trip repetition and pusher for chronograph, lever for handset beneath bezel at 4 o'clock, short slides for manual adjustment of day, month, date and moon-phases beneath the bezel, polished gold cuvette engraved with movement details and dedication: "Fabricato especialemente para el Sor. Dn. Fernando de Teresa, Mexico," further slides for sonnerie/silence and grande/petite sonnerie, covers, cuvette and pendant with Swiss hallmarks, covers and cuvette numbered 1894

diameter 57.5mm

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Hauser Zivy & Cie. was one of the most prominent jewelry and watch retailers in Mexico City in the latter half of the 19th century. Mr. Hauser and Mr. Zivy opened boutiques in both Paris and Mexico, and sold high quality musical boxes and works of art along with their other luxury items. Their prominence grew from a myriad of relationships, including with the glass manufacturer, Baccarat. Girard-Perregaux named its one-of-a-kind chronometer watch with pivoted detent and tourbillon escapement and iconic three bridges 'La Esmeralda,’ after the Mexico City atelier. Their building is still a historical landmark in Mexico City today as an example of European influence on early 19th century Mexican architecture.