French gold minute repeating watch with chronograph Circa 1890

Gold hunting cased pocket watch by B. Poitevin & V. Lejeune
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A very fine, French minute repeating hunting cased pocket watch with chronograph, circa 1890.
Rhodium plated bridge movement, Geneva Stripes decoration, finely ground and bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, two hammers / two gongs, wolf teeth winding wheels, screw compensation balance, index spring fine adjusting device, counterpoised lever. Enamel dial with Roman radial hours, extra seconds, and gold spade hands. 18 Carat gold, polished, à goutte case with numbered and signed gold dome.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Weight: 138 g
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Signed: B. Poitevin & V. Lejeune, L. Gironde Succr., Paris
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Bernard Poitevin
Bernard Poitevin was a Parisian clock and chronometer maker who worked from around 1850 to 1890. He founded the company B. Poitevin & V. Lejeune. His shop was in rue Richelieu (1850) and rue Vivienne 22 (1860-1900). Poitevin supplied quality watches with complications, such as clocks with striking mechanisms, chronographs and first class chronometers with bulletin from GenevaObservatory. In Bordeaux, there was a shop in Quai des Chartons 4 for a few years. More important was the shop in Geneva. This was first in Rue du Mont-Blanc 17 (1861) and Rue du Mont-Blanc 21 in 1870. From 1880 Rizzoli Deschamps succeeded Bernard Poitevin. From 1900 to 1935, L. Gironde took over the company. He continued to run the company as Poitevin, Gironde Succeseurs. In Geneva, the shop was at 14 Boulevard James-Fazy. The Paris firm stayed on Rue Vivienne. Poitevin also delivered watches to Louis Raby, e.g. No. 6890. with striking mechanism. He married Josephine Louise Vannier on October 5, 1851, and was then resident at 27 Rue Saint-Marc-Feydeau.