Swiss gold repeating miniature lever pendant watch Circa 1900

Gold and enamel hunting cased minute repeater by Z. Pantillon
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A very fine and very rare Swiss 18 carat gold and champlevé enamel hunting cased minute repeating miniature keyless lever pendant watch with Alfred Reymond’s Swiss patent, No. 12975, mecanisme simplifié de repetition of 1896 and Charles Emonot’s Swiss patent, No. 12977, perfectionnement aux mouvements de montres’ of 1896, circa 1900. Frosted gilt movement, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs with two stacked hammers, activated by a slide on the band. Gold hinged cuvette. Off-white enamel dial with blue Arabic numerals and red 12, outer gold dot minute divisions, blue subsidiary seconds and original gold spade hands. Case with red, blue and white champlevé enamel monogram FHB to the front. Movement signed on the dial plate and engraved with the patent numbers 12975 & 12977.
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Diameter: 36 mm
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Signed: Z. Pantillon La Chaux-de-Fonds
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This watch uses two Swiss patents registered in 1896. The first, No. 12975 of October 13, 1896, is by Alfred Reymond au Brassus and called ‘mecanisme simplifié de répétition’, in which the quarter and minute racks are in one plate. The second, No. 12977 of October 15, 1896, is by Charles Emonot à Sorvillier and called ‘perfectionnment aux mouvements de montres’, is for a system whereby the barrel can be removed from the movement for cleaning without disassembly of the entire movement.