Swiss chronometer for the Canadian Railway Circa 1905

Rose gold filled chronometer 
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Rare and very fine Swiss 14 carat rose gold filled pocket chronometer made for the Canadian Railway by Louis Brandt & Frère SA, circa 1905. The nickelled chronometer movement with stripe decoration, Omega top caliber grade DDR with 23 jewels, six screwed gold chatons and a special fine adjusting device. White enamel dial of the brand Regina, used by Omega for watches for the Canadian railway, with Roman hours, inner 24 hour numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and blued steel hands. An Art Nouveau decorated case back with an engine turned center featuring an engraved vacant cartouche, surrounded by an engraved floral and foliate decor and a finely engraved border, the front bezel decorated to match. Dial signed Regina, movement signed and numbered. Comes with an old leather box.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Signed: Ls Brandt & Frère SA
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The abbreviation DDR indicates the highest quality level for Omega timepieces. Shown and described in “Omega, A Journey through Time” (2007) by Marco Richon. In his book, Marco Richon says about this caliber: “This extremely precise chronometer, with its extraordinarily fine workmanship, embodies the absolute best quality ever achieved in a factory at the turn of the century …”.