Rare French chromed split seconds keyless chronograph Circa 1950

Silver lever with stopwatch and register
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A rare French chromed,  split seconds chronograph keyless stopwatch with an instantaneous 30 minute register, circa 1950. A chromed, polished case with a hinged steel cuvette. White dial with painted black Arabic numerals for 0-30, 1/10th of a second track and inner red Arabic numerals for 30 and 60 minutes, subsidiary 30 minute register dial. Blued steel hand, gilt split seconds hand. Gilt brass movement, straight line lever escapement, fast beating monometallic balance, self compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed, movement numbered.
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Diameter: 65 mm
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Signed: Breguet  Paris
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Breguet is a Swiss luxury watch, clock and jewellery manufacturer founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet in Paris in 1775. Headquartered in L’Abbaye, Switzerland, Breguet is one of the oldest surviving watchmaking brands and a pioneer of numerous watchmaking technologies such as the tourbillon, which was developed into a practical solution by Abraham Breguet in 1801. Abraham Breguet also invented and produced the world’s first self winding watch (the Perpétuelle) in 1780, as well as the world’s first wristwatch in 1810.