Swiss 18k gold minute repeating keyless pocket watch Circa 1905

Gold lever with split-seconds chronograph
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A very fine and rare Swiss, 18k gold, minute repeating, a keyless pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph, register and special movement, circa 1905. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Made for Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., Philadelphia, in 1905, sold on September 7th, 1905. A solid, polished case, curved rectangular pusher on the band for the split-seconds function, locking bolt at 11 o’clock. Dedicated hinged gold cuvette.
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White enamel dial, painted Breguet numerals, outer minute and 1/5 seconds divisions with red Arabic 5-minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 60-minute register. Gold Louis XV hands. A special rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 40 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometre regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., movement signed Patek Philippe & Cie, a case with Calatrava punch mark.
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Diameter: 46 mm
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Signed: Patek, Philippe & Cie.  Geneva
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The Bailey Banks & Biddle name was established in 1878 and has since come to represent timeless excellence in jewellery and prestigious objects.