English min. repeating Grande Complication watch Circa 1890

Gold Grande Complication lever by Henry Lewis
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An English 18 carat gold minute repeating Grande Complication chronograph with perpetual calendar and moon phase, London hallmark 1890. English precision lever escapement with balance weight and 8 bolted chatons, 4/5 plate movement, presumably a Nicole Nielsen caliber for the English market, minute repeating with two hammers on two gongs, English lever escapement with balance weight. White enamel dial with blued steel pear hands. Heavy, plain case, maker’s mark ‘WH’ (Louis Weill & Henry Harburg, Holborn Circus, London/La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland). Comes with the original box. Movement signed and numbered, dial signed.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 168 g
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Signed: Henry Lewis & Co 172 New Bond Street London
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Henry Lewis was active in London from 1876-1912, as Henry Lewis & Co., 172 New Bond Street, London, from 1880 to 1898. He made highly sophisticated pocket watches and chronometers and became known especially for his world timepieces and the astronomical watches with various, highly complicated calendars.