Fine hunting cased minute-repeating Swiss pocket watch Circa 1910

Hunting cased minute-repeating pocket watch with chronograph
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Fine, hunting cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 14 carat gold pocket watch with a chronograph. Swiss made by L. Vrard & Co., Tientsin for the Chinese market circa 1910.
Four-body and bassine case with engine-turned cover and case back, and on the front cover an engraved monogram in a foliate cartouche. Hinged gold cuvette.
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost seconds divided into fifths and calibrated to 300 units and a subsidiary sunk seconds dial. Gilt Louis XV hands.
Rhodium-plated movement with 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band and centrifugal governor.
Dial and cuvette signed.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Signed: L. Vrard & Co.