Swiss 18K gold minute repeating chronometer watch Circa 1900

Gold minute repeater by LeCoultre
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A Swiss 18K gold quality chronometer with minute repeater, circa 1900. Delivered to the Danish court jeweller Carl Ranch Copenhagen, with original box.
Le Coultre precision lever movement in chronometer quality, minute repeater. Very well preserved signed enamel dial with Arabic radial hours, outer minutes track with five minutes numerals, subsidiary dial for the seconds, and pink gold hands. 18K pink gold, à-goutte case, back with engine turned monogram, and dome marked CHRONOMETRE Repetition Minutes, No.20001.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 107 g
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Signed: LeCoultre
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LeCoultre pocket watches in chronometer quality with additional complications, like the minute repeater in this case, are extremely rare. Denmark’s oldest watch shop Carl Ranch’s Eftf. was founded on August 1, 1893 by Victor Sørensen (b. 1864, d. 1943). The watch box is marked with the royal crown!