ULLMANN HongKong Shanghai Tientsin Quarter REPEATING 14k Gold Antique Pocket Watch

Good quarter repeating watch for Chinese marked.
Diameter is 50mm, weight 83 grams.

Switzerland, circa 1900.
The watch is signed by Ullmann in Hongkong, Shanghai, Tientsin.
Founded in 1896 by Jacques Ullmann in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) the company established several branches in China. By the end of the 19th century, Shanghai and Tianjin had become the two most important distribution centers for European watches.
During the reigns of the last two Qing emperors, the Ullmann along with Vrard house became the sole suppliers of imperial clocks and watches. In the autobiography "I Was the Emperor of China," Pu Yi recounted his escape from Beijing in association with Ullmann:
"Ullmann was located at the western end of the Legation Quarter; It was a foreign shop selling clocks and cameras. To get rid of the surveillance of Zhang, a collaborator of my father, I went into Ullmann's shop. To make time drag, I bought a French pocket watch.."
In 1918 Ullmann took over Bovet's business, he also became the first foreign watch merchant in Beijing. (source A. Chapuis "La Montre Chinoise").

Watch is equipped with quarter repeating movement, made according patent 9242, obtained in 1894 by to Meylan-Truan company.
It features unusual "endless screw" repeating governor and couple of nice screwed chatons.


Condition
The watch appears to be in good condition.
Movement is in running condition, quarter repeating functions as it should.
Case is in good condition with some period wear.
Dial seems to be in good condition.