Swiss 18k gold repeater with split-seconds chronograph Circa 1892

Gold open faced lever pocket watch
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A very fine and rare, small Swiss, minute repeating 18K gold pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph, circa 1892. For Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. by Patek Philippe & Co, Genève. Made for Tiffany & Co., New York. Made in 1892, sold in December 1892. Given by Cornelius Vanderbilt II to his son Cornelius Vanderbilt III, July 1893. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. A polished case, back cover with an engraved monogram CV, the interior inscribed Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. from his father, July 1893, bolt at 11 to lock the chronograph. Hinged gold cuvette.
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White enamel dial, narrow radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric fifths of a second division, Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. A rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 28 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed Tiffany & Co., New York.
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Diameter: 44 mm
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Signed: Tiffany & Co.  New York
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Cornelius Vanderbilt III (1873-1942) was a distinguished military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman, and a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family. The great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt and the son of Alice Claypoole Gwynne and Cornelius Vanderbilt II, he was born in New York City and attended Yale University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1895. He married against his father’s wishes in August 1896. Remaining at Yale until 1899, he earned a Bachelor of Philosophy degree, along with a degree in mechanical engineering. He patented more than thirty inventions for improving locomotives and freight cars, including several which brought him a significant royalty income.