Swiss silver watch with chronograph and register Circa 1900

Silver keyless lever pocket watch
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A very fine Swiss, silver and pink gold, a keyless pocket watch with chronograph and register, circa 1900. Accompanied by the Extract from the Breguet Archives. Sold on April 26, 1900, to Comte Marescot for 600 Francs. A solid, polished case, pink gold hinges, crown, thumb-piece and chronograph button, the front cover engraved with a small Count’s coronet, and button at 12 for the start/ stop and return-to-zero function of the chronograph. Hinged silver cuvette.
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White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, inner red 24-hour numerals, outer minute track and outermost fifths of a second division with Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Gold spade hands. A matte gilt movement, 25 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, moustache straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator. Cuvette signed.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: Breguet  Swiss
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Count Antoine Hyacinthe André de Marescot (1875-1940) was From a distinguished military family, his occupation is listed as a Cavalry Officer and he lived in Normandy, France.