Swiss chronometer with pivoted detent escapement Circa 1900

Gold hunting cased pocket watch 
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A fine and rare Swiss, 14K pink gold, hunting cased, keyless pocket chronometer with pivoted detent escapement, circa 1900. A polished band, engine-turned covers with polished borders. Hinged gold cuvette and glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands.
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A frosted gilt movement, 15 jewels, Earnshaw type pivoted detent chronometer escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel helical balance spring, swan-neck micrometre regulator. Signed F.J & G beneath the balance cock.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Signed: Favre-Jacot / Georges & Cie.  Le Locle
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Favre-Jacot, Georges & Cie The company was founded by Georges Favre-Bulle in 1865 after his apprenticeship in LaSagne. The original plant was a small workshop in the Les Billodes section of Le Locle, thought to be where Breguet had his workshop between 1793-96. In 1896 the firm won a medal at the Geneva Exhibition. It later became Zenith but traded as Favre-Jacot throughout the late 19th century.