Swiss gold calendar minute repeating chronograph Circa 1910

Gold half-hunting cased minute repeating chronograph with calendar
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A Swiss rare gold, enamel, pearl and diamond-set half hunting cased minute repeating chronograph watch with triple calendar and moon-phases,  circa 1910, gilt lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, two hammers striking on a gong for the repeating mechanism, gold cuvette. White enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, outer track for the minute and 1/5th indication, central for the chronograph, aperture for days of the week and month indication, register for the date, subsidiary seconds and moon phases.
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Gold case, the band with enamelled decoration, dark blue enamel bezels with diamond-set ornaments on both sides, the front with Roman numerals over a pink translucent enamel chapter ring on the dial aperture, framed by a row of inlaid split-pearls and rose-cut diamonds, the back decorated in the same style and centred with an oval finely painted scene depicting Dunne and Golden Rain, dial signed.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: West End Watch Co.

West End Watch Co. specialized in the sale of gold and enamel watches made especially for the Indian market, richly decorated with precious stones and pearls like the present example. Watches were also fitted with complicated movements including calendar and moon phase indication, as well as the chronograph function.  ‘Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois’ by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.