English gold minute repeating keyless pocket watch Circa 1883

Gold hunting cased lever watch
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A fine English, 18K yellow gold minute repeating keyless pocket watch by Baume & Co. London, circa 1883. Case with London hallmarks. The hinged and sprung front cover engraved with two heraldic crests. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved dedication. White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, and blued steel spade hands.

Frosted gilt movement, three-quarter plate, jewels in screwed chatons, spring barrel, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, diamond endstone, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Signed: Baume & Co. London
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Baume & Co. The firm was established in London around 1845, a branch was opened in Geneva in 1882, under the name Baume Genève. The firm often used LeCoultre ebauches for their complicated watches. They were known for their careful, high-quality finishing. Literature Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois by Osvaldo Patrizzi.