Swiss gold pocket watch with keyless cover winding Circa 1890

Gold hunting cased lever watch
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A rare Swiss, 18 carat gold hunting cased pocket watch with key less cover winding, circa 1890. A solid case with a hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost five-minute red Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and gilt fancy hands. Nickle movement, 15 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator.
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The patented winding mechanism by closing the cover which transmits the power via two levers to a ratchet wheel on the barrel arbour, a safety device disengaging the mechanism when fully wound, going train with an additional wheel driving a steel wheel fixed to the centre wheel having half the diameter of the driving one, second motion train driven from the canon pinion and advanced directly by pushing the teeth of the minute wheel. Hands set crown pops out by a slide on the band at 5.
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Diameter: 49 mm
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Signed: No Name