Swiss gold and enamel minute repeating keyless lever Circa 1905

Gold hunting cased repeater 
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A very fine, rare and large Swiss 18 carat gold and enamel hunting cased minute repeating keyless lever pocket watch, circa 1905. Matte gilt movement, 31 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometre regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Arabic hours, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and gold spade hands. The polished case with a red and blue champlevé enamel monogram beneath a Vicomte’s coronet on the front. Dial and cuvette signed, case and movement signed and numbered.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Signed: Vacheron & Constantin Genève