Swiss hunting-cased split-seconds chronograph Circa 1880

Gold split-seconds lever chronograph by James Picard
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A fine Swiss 18-carat gold hunting-cased split-seconds keyless lever chronograph pocket watch, circa 1880. Nickel-silver movement with Geneva striping decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, visible chronograph work, split-seconds mechanism under the dial. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer minute and chronograph divisions, sunk subsidiary seconds dial, and original blued steel Breguet hands. Plain case, glazed cover to view movement. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Accompanied by a gold fob.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Signed: James Picard Geneva
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James Picard is recorded as having worked in Geneva in the last years of the 19th and early 20th century at Quai des Bergues, 33. He often worked for the American market.