Swiss gold minute repeating hunter with chronograph Circa 1900

Gold hunting cased pocket watch
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A Swiss 18 carat gold minute repeating keyless pocket watch with chronograph, made by Volta, circa 1900. This watch features a mechanical movement that strikes hours, quarters, and minutes on demand. It has pendant winding, a lever escapement, a Breguet balance spring, a column wheel, and a dust cover. The white enamel dial shows painted Arabic numerals, a minute track, a seconds subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock, a red 30 pulsations scale, a central chronograph second hand, and Louis XV style hands. The smooth case is 18 carat gold. The dial and inner bowl are signed, and it has a gilt metal clasp.
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Diameter: 56.5 mm
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Weight: 122 g
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Signed: Volta
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Volta is a Swiss watch brand founded in 1996, when the company Ditisheim & Co. registered the name. This firm resulted from the merger of Maurice Ditisheim and Ditisheim Frères, both founded by Gaspard Ditisheim. Besides Vulcain, the brand Volta was also used extensively as a watch brand. In 1911, the company appeared as Ditisheim & Co., Fabrique Vulcain & Volta. This name persisted alongside Vulcain & Studio SA even after 1966.