American gold pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph circa 1890

Gold lever pocket watch by Tiffany & Co.
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A very fine American, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and regulator dial, circa 1890. A solid, polished case, rectangular pusher on the band at 11 for the split-seconds function, bolt for locking the chronograph, the back cover with engraved monogram. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial, eccentric with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost seconds and 1/5 seconds divisions with red Arabic 5-minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds at 3. Blued steel Breguet hands. A nickel-silver movement, Geneva striping decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: Tiffany & Co., New York
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Tiffany & Co. was founded in 1837 by the young Lewis Tiffany, aged 25. Around 1870 the company established a movement manufacturing plant in Geneva. The unusual chronograph work of this watch, as well as the high quality and finish of its movement, make it particularly desirable for collectors.