Swiss gold watch made for the American market Circa 1900

Gold watch with split-seconds
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A fine 18k yellow gold Swiss, hunting cased keyless pocket watch, circa 1900. Split-seconds, chronograph with 30-minute instantaneous register. Made for the American market. Engine-turned covers, front with a monogram, reeded band, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute and outermost chronograph divisions, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, and the 30-minute register. Blued steel spade hands.

Nickel-silver half-plate movement, damascened, 23 jewels, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, adjusted, blued steel Breguet balance spring, eccentric cam micrometre regulator. Dial signed, case and movement numbered.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: LeCoultre & Co.  Switzerland