Swiss gold minute repeating lever with Jacquemarts Circa 1900

Gold hunting cased repeating watch by LeCoultre
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A Swiss 18 carat gold and polychrome enamel keyless wind minute repeating jacquemart full hunter pocket watch with automaton, circa 1900. Lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet overcoil, wolf’s tooth winding, two polished hammers striking on two gongs. Gilt and enamelled, grey guilloche enamelled dial, blue Roman numerals, applied gilt outer minute track with 5-minute markers, subsidiary dial at 5 with Arabic numerals for seconds, two enamelled turbaned courtiers striking twin bells resting on pink foliate, gilt lance hands. Polished hinged round case, signed cuvette.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Signed: LeCoultre
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Jacquemart automaton’s also known as bell strikers are mechanised figures of a person striking the hours on a bell with a hammer. They can also be known as a Jack of the Clock or Jack O’Clock. The origin of the word Jacquemart is disputed but thought likely to refer to a tool called a ‘Jackie’ which was used when building church towers.