Swiss/French gold minute repeating pocket watch Circa 1890

Gold hunting cased lever chronometer
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A very fine and rare Swiss, keyless, minute repeating, 18K gold, hunting cased lever chronometer pocket watch, circ 1890. Accompanied by the original fitted box. A solid, polished case, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, outer gold five-minute numerals, and subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. A rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, 31 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, micrometre regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and cuvette signed.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Signed: B. Haas Jne & Co  Genève / Paris
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A very fine example of a Swiss minute repeater with chronometer class movement stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva poinçon. It is very unusual to find a watch with a minute-repeating chronograph that bears the poinçon de Geneve mark on the movement, signifying that this watch has been awarded a chronometer standard rating. Any added complications in a watch mechanism can adversely affect the timekeeping, thus the present watch is unusual in achieving chronometer standard timekeeping.