Swiss repeating split seconds lever chronograph Circa 1910

Gold hunting cased minute repeating chronograph by Hausmann
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A fine and rare Swiss 18 carat gold hunting cased minute repeating split seconds chronograph keyless lever watch, circa 1910. Gilt finished Extra lever movement, 36 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, minute repeating on two polished steel hammers. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer five minute divisions, gold spade hands, two subsidiary dials for 30 minutes register and constant seconds. Large case, repeating slide in the band, split seconds chronograph mechanism operated through two buttons in the band. Case numbered, cuvette and dial signed. Comes with original box and certificate.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Signed: Hausmann & Co
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Hausmann & Co. is one of the most historically significant and enduring luxury watch and jewellery retailers in Italy. Founded in Rome in 1794 by the German clockmaker Giovanni Romano Hausmann, the firm began as a small watchmaking workshop in the historic Palazzo Piombino before expanding into its famous flagship boutique on Via del Corso. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the company built an unparalleled reputation among European nobility, high clergy, and international dignitaries for exceptional mechanical expertise, eventually earning the exclusive title of official clockmaker to the Holy See and the Vatican. Rather than manufacturing their own movements, Hausmann & Co collaborated closely with premier Swiss manufacturers to retail high grade timepieces that were custom ordered and stamped with their retail signature. Their retail operations in Rome and Naples during the early twentieth century were renowned for supplying specialized professional instruments, including highly accurate military chronographs and sophisticated medical pulsometer pocket watches crafted to the highest standards of Swiss horology.