Swiss rose gold open faced anker chronometer Circa 1900

Gold open faced anker chronometer by Pavel Buhre
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A Swiss 14 carat rose gold open faced anker chronometer, circa 1900. Nickel movement, exquisite anker chronometer escapement, wolf toothed mechanism, large bi metallic compensation balance. White enamel dial with red gold pear hands, signed. Plain case.
Dust cover signed in Cyrillic and numbered.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Weight: 104 g
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Signed: Pavel Buhre
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Buhre Watch Company was founded in 1815 in St. Petersburg, where Karl Buhre moved from Revel, France, together with his son. Pavel grew up with the watch business of his father and eventually became an assistant and continuer of his business. Pavel Buhre, graduated from the Petropavlovsk Commercial College and became his father’s companion at the age of 26 in 1868. In 1874, he acquired a large watchmaking factory in the heart of the Swiss watchmaking industry in the town of Le Locle. In 1880 he was an appraiser under the Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty, a technician at the Imperial Hermitage, a supplier of the Supreme Court since 1879 and a merchant of the 1st guild since 1884.