Swiss gold repeating hunting cased lever chronograph Circa 1910

Gold minute repeating chronograph by Patek Philippe
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A very fine, rare and large Swiss 18 carat gold minute repeating hunting cased chronograph keyless lever pocket watch, circa 1910. Sold on July 20th, 1911. Rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometre adjustment to the regulator, repeating with two polished hammers on two gongs activated by a slide in the band. Gold hinged cuvette with engraved inscription. White enamel dial with Dauphine numerals, outer minute track and extreme outer seconds track divided into fifths of a second, Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds and gold spade hands. Dial, movement, case and cuvette signed, case and movement numbered. Heavy case, polished, chronograph button in the band. Accompanied by the original Patek Philippe fitted wooden case, spare crystal in numbered paper, the original Patek Philippe Certificat d’Origine et de Garantie, and the Extract from the Archives.