English gold grande and petite sonnerie clock watch Circa 1905

Gold grande and petite sonnerie quarter repeater by Nicole Nielsen
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A very fine English 18 carat gold open faced quarter repeating grande and petite sonnerie keyless lever clock watch, circa 1905. Gilt three-quarter plate movement, ratchet tooth lever escapement, jewelled to the centre, the back-plate with screw-set jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, decoratively engraved balance cock, diamond endstone, winding in opposite directions for going and striking trains. White enamel dial by Willis with Roman hours and outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, tinted finish, blued steel hands, the quarter repeating mechanism operated through the crown. Heavy, plain case, setting levers for strike/silent and grande/petite sonnerie concealed beneath the bezel, olivetted set-hands push, gold pendant and bow. Dial signed, movement signed and numbered, case numbered.
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Diameter: 55.5 mm
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Signed: Nicole Nielsen & Co. 14 Soho Sqe. London
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Nicole Nielsen & Co signed relatively few watches, however, they were well known in England as important suppliers of movements to such prominent firms as Charles Frodsham, M.F. Dent and E. J. Dent & Co.
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This piece has an extremely subtle and conservative appearance. By simply looking at it, one would not know it is a grande and petite sonnerie clock watch. It, like much of the firm’s output, was based on an ebauche imported from Switzerland to England.