Swiss gold Geneva split seconds chronograph Circa 1893

Gold gentleman’s open faced pocket watch by Patek, Philippe & Co.
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A very fine, gentleman’s Geneva pocket watch with split seconds chronograph, circa 1893. Former property of the Duke of Argyll – sold on March 4th, 1898 to Spaulding & Co. in Paris – with Patek Philippe extract from the archives.
18-Carat pink gold, polished, monogrammed, à goutte case, numbered and signed gold dome with engraving, and pusher for chronograph at 11. Signed white enamel dial with radial Arabic numerals, outer minutes track with red Arabic five minutes numerals, subsidiary dial for the seconds, split-seconds chronograph hands, and Louis XV hands. Bridge movement, nickel-plated, Geneva stripes decoration, very finely ground bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, gold screw compensation balance, counterpoised lever.
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Diameter: 46 mm
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Weight: 88 g
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Signed: Spaulding & Co. Paris
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Clan Campbell is a Highland Scottish clan. Historically, one of the largest and most powerful of the Highland clans, their lands were in Argyll and the chief of the clan became the Earl and later Duke of Argyll.
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll KG KT GCMG GCVO VD PC (6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914), usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman and was the fourth Governor-General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. He is now remembered primarily for the place names bestowed on Canadian geography in honour of his wife and for his metrical paraphrase of Psalm 121, “Unto the hills around do I lift up”. Lord Lorne married Queen Victoria’s fourth daughter, Princess Louise, on 21 March 1871.