English gold hunting cased repeating chronograph Circa 1907

Gold lever chronograph by J.W. Benson
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A fine English 18 carat gold hunting cased minute repeating keyless lever chronograph pocket watch, circa 1907. 3/4 Plate gilt finished lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, minute repeating on two gongs activated by a slide in the band. Gold cuvette. Tinted enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer calibrated 1/5th seconds ring, two sunken subsidiary dials for 60 minute register and constant seconds. Plain case, push button for chronograph in the band, five knuckle joint, swivel bow. Dial and movement signed, case and cuvette stamped with casemaker’s initials FT and London date letter for 1907.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Signed: J.W. Benson 62 & 64 Ludgate Hills London By Warrant To H.M. The Late Queen Victoria