Swiss gunmetal pocket watch with chronograph Circa 1895

Gunmetal keyless pocket watch
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A very fine and rare Swiss, gunmetal, a keyless pocket watch with chronograph and unusual 24-hour dial, circa 1895. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. A polished bassine, gold crown, bow and locking bolt for the chronograph. Hinged gun metal cuvette. White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals intersected by red-painted 24-hour numerals within gold-painted rectangles, outer minute track and concentric fifths of second divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands.

Rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 21 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight-line moustache lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, Wilmot’s patented micrometric cam regulator. Dial, cuvette and movement signed.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: Patek Philippe & Cie. Genève
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The dial of this watch is an unusual example of its type. The Arabic 13-24 have been integrated into the Roman I-XII, as opposed to the more usual layout in which the 13-24 are placed above or below the Roman numerals.