Silver pedometer with power reserve indication Circa 1890

A  Swiss square silver wind lever pedometer with power reserve indication, circa 1890. Damascened nickle 3/4 plate movement with going barrel wound by an oscillating weight, plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring, club foot lever escapement, automatic winding work set above the plate carries a weight set at the side which oscillates as the wearer walks, safety mechanism to avoid over winding. Numbered silver cuvette engraved with details of the watch unusually clipping inside the body of the case. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds and blue steel hands. Square shaped decorative case, chased and engraved with stylised birds of prey to the back, hinged front cover with circular glazed aperture opening to reveal a second glazed bezel and hand set lever, shaped silver bow and gilt winding crown.
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Diameter: 49 mm
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Signed: No name
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In excellent overall condition.  
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August von Loehr (1847  – 1917) of Vienna took out patents for the safety mechanism in Britain and USA in 1878 and 1879.  See Pocket Watches by Reinhard Mieis page 125 for a similar watch and page 41 for details of the mechanism.