Swiss 18 Carat gold minute repeating lever pocket watch Circa 1900

Gold hunting cased pocket watch 
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A very fine Swiss, 18 Carat gold, minute repeating, keyless, hunting cased pocket watch, circa 1900. With a gold fancy link chain and fob made from three gold coins. A polished case, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. A frosted gilt movement, 29 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, straight line lever escapement, cut bi metallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.
Cuvette and movement signed.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Signed: Felipe Hecht  Genève
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Felipe Hecht Jean Samuel Rossel, the son in law of Jean François Bautte, formed a partnership called Jean François Bautte & Cie. to perpetuate the founder’s vision. By 1883, Jean Samuel’s son Jacques had become the sole owner of the company, then called J. Rossel Fils. After his death in 1887, he was succeeded by Felipe Hecht and later his son Juan. In 1906, Juan Hecht turned over all his interests in the company to his friend and relative Constant Girard-Gallet, the owner of Girard-Perregaux & Cie.