Swiss hunting cased minute repeating lever watch Circa 1910

Rose gold and enamel minute repeater by Alfred Lugrin
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A Swiss 14 carat rose gold and enamel hunting cased minute repeating keyless lever pocket watch, circa 1910. Nickel-finished lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, minute repeating on two gongs activated through a slide in the band. Metal cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and sunken subsidiary seconds dial. Blue cloisonné enamel with a black and white enamel portrait of a gentleman to the case front, the reverse cloisonné red enamel background with a centre polychrome enamel landscape with pagoda and in Chinese character and English Hupeh Cement Works, Pagoda Brand Portland Cement, engraved back and front rims. Case and cuvette numbered, movement signed under the hammer.
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Diameter: 47 mm
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Signed: A. Lugrin
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Cloisonné is an ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects with coloured material held in place or separated by metal strips or wire, normally of gold. In recent centuries, vitreous enamel has been used, but inlays of cut gemstones, glass and other materials were also used during older periods, indeed, cloisonné enamel very probably began as an easier imitation of cloisonné work using gems. The resulting objects can also be called cloisonné.