Swiss 18k gold minute repeating chronograph watch Circa 1915

Gold hunting cased keyless watch
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A fine, large Swiss, minute repeating, 18K gold hunting cased keyless pocket watch with chronograph, circa 1915. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial, Breguet numerals, outer minute and fifths of second divisions, Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. A frosted gilt movement, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a pusher in the band, silent centrifugal governor. Dial signed, cuvette inscribed L. Boon, Antwerpen.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Signed: Tempora (Le Phare), Le Locle & La Chaux de Fonds
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Le Phare The company was founded by Guye & Barbezat, the founders were Charles Barbezat-Baillot (1847-1938) and Henry Guye (1838-1877). In 1888, the firm’s name was changed to Le Phare, being the registered name of their complicated watches. In 1900, Barbezat-Baillot advertised their brands that year as: La Locloise; l’Esperanto; Le Phare; Tempora and La Volapuk. Barbezat-Baillot was a member of the jury at the Brussels Universal Exhibition in 1897 and at Liege in 1905.