Swiss 18K gold minute repeating pocket watch Circa 1900

Gold full hunting cased lever
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A very fine gold, 18K yellow gold minute repeating keyless pocket watch, circa 1900.
The front and back cover with engine-turning, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds dial and gold Louis XV hands. Rhodium plated movement, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs with two polished steel hammers activated by a slide in the band, centrifugal governor. Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Thickness: 14 mm
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Signed: Girard Perregaux  Chaux de Fonds
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Girard-Perregaux SA is a luxury Swiss watch manufacturer with its origins dating back to 1791. In 2022, the management of Girard-Perregaux completed a management buyout from the French luxury group Kering. Headquartered in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the company opened the Girard-Perregaux Museum near its headquarters in Villa Marguerite in 1999. It is best known for the historic tourbillon with three gold bridges, which was awarded a gold medal at the 1889 International Exposition in Paris soon after the launch of the watch. Other notable models from the company include the collection 1966, Vintage 1945 and models such as the Tri-Axial tourbillon and Laureato, an icon inspired by the 70s.