French gold hunting cased repeating lever watch Circa 1910

Gold minute repeater by Rodanet
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A French 18 carat gold hunting cased minute repeating lever pocket watch, circa 1910. High-quality nickel-plated bridge movement, Geneva striping decoration, calibre probably Audemars Piguet, fine adjusting device, repeating the hours, quarter hours and minutes. Gilt dial with Arabic hours and outer minute divisions, sunken subsidiary seconds and blued steel hands. Plain case. Case numbered, dial signed, cuvette and movement signed and numbered, case and movement with matching numbers.
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Diameter: 49 mm
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Weight: 104 g
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Signed: A.H. Rodanet
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A.H. Rodanet was an important French watchmaker, dealer and representative of Patek Philippe in Paris. Auguste Hilaire Rodanet was also a Knight of the Legion of Honour and Mayor of the 2nd Arrondissement of Paris between 1904 and 1907. Since 1880 he was President of the Paris School of Watchmaking and Mechanical Precision.