Swiss quarter repeating chronograph, Chinese market Circa 1900

Art Nouveau pocket watch with quarter repeating chronograph
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A Swiss gilt “Trusty” Art Nouveau pocket watch with quarter repeater and chronograph made for the Chinese market by Barbezat-Baillot, circa 1900.
Gilded silver (0.900), enamel and pearl set, open faced, keyless winding, round shaped, Art Nouveau pocket watch, made for the Chinese market, with quarter repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the rectangular push piece located on the case band at 3 o’clock) and 1/5 second chronograph with single push-piece, activated by the olive shaped push piece located on the case band at 11 o’clock. Red flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine turning) case back, with painted on enamel showing a lady in bust.
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Diameter: 53.5 mm
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Signed: C. Barbezat-Baillot
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Copy of the invention patent.