American 18K rose gold minute repeating lever watch Circa 1905

Rose gold minute repeater by Tiffany & Co
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A very fine American 18 carat rose gold open faced minute repeating keyless lever pocket watch, circa 1905. Rhodium-plated movement with Geneva Striping decoration, 31 jewels, 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. A hinged gold cuvette engraved John H. Eilbeck December 1905. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals, an outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and blued steel Breguet hands. Polished case. Dial and case signed, movement signed and numbered.
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Diameter: 46 mm
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Signed: Tiffany & Co.
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Tiffany & Co, colloquially known as Tiffany’s, was founded in 1837 by the jeweller Charles Lewis Tiffany and became famous in the early 20th century under the artistic direction of his son Louis Comfort Tiffany. It is an American luxury jewellery and speciality design house headquartered on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York.