Swiss gold chronograph with tachometric scale Circa 1920

Gold Art Deco dress watch
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A Swiss 18 carat yellow gold keyless Art Deco dress watch made by Le Phare in Le Locle, circa 1920. An open faced case with a chronograph and a minute counter. 1/5 second chronograph, activated by the round push piece located on the winding crown, with a tachometric scale graduated for 60 kilometres per hour. Half instantaneous 30 minute counter, subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock. The case back engine turned and engraved in fine cut with an Art Deco motif. The case is made by Envers S.A., Le Locle. A silvered dial with Arabic numerals, minute counter, tachometric scale, subsidiary seconds at 6 and blued steel hands. The movement has a lever escapement. Signature on the dial.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 68 g
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Signed: Le Phare, Le Locle
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The company C. Barbezat-Baillot was founded by Charles Barbezat-Baillot (1847-1938). He was the elder brother of Henri Barbezat-Bôle (1851-1921), the founder of H. Barbezat-Bôle S.A., Le Locle. Charles Barbezat-Baillot is the holder of many invention patents related to watchmaking and registered numerous trademarks: Trusty, Le Phare, Dixi, Fix Watch Co., Uti, etc.