Swiss gold minute repeating pocket chronometer Circa 1908

Gold minute repeating pocket watch by Vacheron Constantin
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A Swiss, keyless-winding, gold minute repeating pocket chronometer with open face and extract from the Archives, circa 1908.
Round-shaped 18-carat yellow gold case. Enamel dial with Breguet radial hours, outer minutes track, subsidiary dial for the seconds, and gold Breguet hands. Rhodium-plated movement with going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, compensated balance with gold poising screws, blued steel hairspring with a terminal curve, and eight adjustments. This model Chronomètre has one horological complication: Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 9 o’clock). Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Signed: Vacheron Constantin
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The Extract from the Archives, dated March 20, 2019, mentioned that this watch was manufactured in 1908.