Swiss rose gold lever chronograph with register Circa 1900

Rose gold hunting cased chronograph by Marius Favre & Co
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A fine Swiss 18 carat rose gold hunting cased chronograph keyless lever pocket watch with instantaneous 30-minute register, circa 1900. Rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 23 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold timing screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometre regulator, chronograph with visible work. Gold hinged cuvette. White enamel dial with large Arabic numerals, outer minute track and fifth of a second chronograph divisions, outermost Arabic five-second numerals, subsidiary seconds and instantaneous 30-minute register and original gold poire hands. Polished case. Dial, cuvette and movement signed.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: Marius Favre & Co Genève
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Marius Favre. Maker of high precision watches and an important régleur of chronometers. Worked in Geneva at 7, Rue du Stand. His watches and watches that were regulated by him won many prizes in the Geneva Observatory trials. The company became Marius Favre & Co in 1897.