Swiss 14 carat gold quarter repeating chronograph Circa 1890

Gold hunting cased keyless lever
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Swiss 14 carat pink gold quarter repeating keyless pocket watch with a chronograph, circa 1890. A solid case with polished borders. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details. White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost fifths of a second division calibrated to 300 units, sunk subsidiary seconds dial and pink gold Louis XV hands. Rhodium plated movement, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Cuvette signed.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: Boutte  Swiss
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Ote Boutte, a Swiss watch company founded in 1895
Qualité Boutte, (Invicta SA/Seeland Inc./ (Les Fils de) Raphael Picard/ Eno Watch Co. in La Chaux de Fonds, Le Locle and Biel, Switzerland