Swiss 18K gold hunting cased complicated watch Circa 1900

Gold complicated keyless lever
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A fine and large Swiss 18 carat gold hunting cased minute repeating keyless lever pocket watch with a triple-date calendar, chronograph and moon phases, circa 1900. Frosted gilt movement, 19 jewels, a straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, centrifugal governor and index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a push-button on the band. The hinged gold cuvette is engraved with prize medals and technical details, a glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. White enamel dial with Roman hours, an outer minute track and outermost fifths of a second divisions with Arabic five-second/minute numerals, subsidiary dials for the date, days of the week and months, an aperture for the phases of the moon with concentric auxiliary seconds at 6 o’clock and gilt Louis XV hands. The polished case with an olive-shaped button for the start/stop and return-to-zero functions of the chronograph, the interior of the front cover is engraved Rivnione Automobilistica Padova 16 Ottobre 1904. Case and movement numbered, cuvette signed and numbered. Comes with the retailer’s period-fitted presentation box.
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Diameter: 59.5 mm
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Signed: Invicta
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Invicta, Les Fils de R. Picard, Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.