Swiss 18k rose gold minute repeating watch Circa 1895

Gold open faced lever with split-seconds chronograph
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A very fine Swiss, rare and important, keyless, minute repeating, 18K rose gold and polychrome enamel pocket watch with unusual split-seconds chronograph and semi-instantaneous 30-minute register, circa 1895. Sold on May 25th, 1901 to George M. Jewett. Accompanied by the original box and Extract from the Archives. A solid, polished case, the back with polychrome enamel crest, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals, outer minute and outermost chronograph divisions, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Gold Louis XVI hands.
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A nickel-silver movement, Geneva striping decoration, 47 jewels, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, visible chronograph work, very finely finished and unusually designed, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Property of an Italian Collector.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Signed: Patek Philippe & Cie  Genève