Swiss 18 Carat gold minute repeating pocket watch Circa 1900

Gold lever with olive shaped button chronograph
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A fine, large, hunting cased, keyless, minute repeating, 18 Carat gold pocket watch with olive shaped button chronograph, circa 1900. A solid, polished case, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost fifth of a second chronograph division, subsidiary sunk seconds dial. Gold spade hands.
A matte gilt movement, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, visible chronograph mechanism, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Movement signed beneath the hour hammer.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Signed: LeCoultre & Cie.  Swiss