Swiss split seconds chronograph precision watch Circa 1900

Silver hunting cased chronograph 
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An silver hunting cased split-seconds chronograph precision watch with a 60-minute counter, circa 1900. 2/3 Plate movement, lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance with gold and platinum regulation screws. White enamel dial with Roman hours, Arabic five-minute numerals, 60-minute counter at 12 o’clock and subsidiary seconds at 6. Plain silver case with gold mountings. Dial signed, movement signed and numbered, case and movement with matching numbers.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 141 g
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Signed: S. Smith & Son Ltd. Trafalgar Sq London W.C. Swiss made
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This watch was Swiss made for S. Smith & Son a well-known English watchmaker and retailer.
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S. Smith & Son was founded in 1851 by the jeweller and watchmaker Samuel Smith. It was a leading firm in London for high-quality and complicated watches at the turn of the century. Nicole Nielsen produced watches for Smith. In addition to the wide range of watches and clocks for private customers, they also built reliable chronometers which made the firm a supplier to the Admiralty. Under the management of Herbert S.A. Smith, the firm developed into a large manufacturing company that had its own research laboratories. In the next generation, Sir Alan Herbert Smith extended the company’s product range further and began with the production of automobile and aircraft instruments.