American minute repeating split-seconds chronograph Circa 1888

Gold hunting cased pocket watch by Tiffany & Co.
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An American / Swiss minute repeating hunting cased pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph, circa 1888.
18 Carat gold, polished, à goutte case, gold dome with presentation engraving: Ten Eyck Wendell Sept 14th 1889, pusher for chronograph at 2 and via the crown, and slide for repeating mechanism. Enamel dial with radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, blued spade hands and signed: Tiffany & Co. New York. Signed, nickel-plated 3/4 plate movement with Geneva Striping, finely ground, bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, two hammers / two gongs, gold screw compensation balance, and counterpoised lever.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 166 g
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Signed: Tiffany & Co., New York / Geneva
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Tiffany & Co.
In 1874 Tiffany & Co. started a watch factory in Geneva, which lasted about 4 years (low production). Patek, Philippe & Co. assumed the management of their Geneva watch business. The watch machinery was returned to America.Lit.: Gilbert, Engle, Shugart “Price Guide to Watches 2007”, Mount Pleasant, USA, page 549. The Wendell family descents from Evert Jansen Wendell, who came to America from Embden in 1640; he is mentioned in the early records of the province New Netherland located on the East Coast of the country. Evert Jansen Wendell settled and became the founder of a distinguished family that is now one of the oldest families in the State of New York. Ten Eyck Wendell was born at Cazenovia in 1857; in 1880 he graduated as B.A. from Yale and received the degree of LL.B. in 1882 from Columbia College Law School. Ten Eyck Wendell had a country home in Cazenovia but was also an avid traveller; he was a member of the Union and St. Nicholas clubs.