Swiss pink gold five-minute repeating lever watch Circa 1890

Gold hunting cased lever watch
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An extremely rare Swiss 18 carat pink gold hunting cased five-minute repeating boy-size lever pocket watch, circa 1890. Nickel-silver Patek Philippe precision lever movement, wolf’s toothing, repeating the hours and five-minutes. Cuvette signed by the retailer, Henry Pleister, 277 Regent St. London, a retailer of fine quality watches and London agent for Patek Philippe. White enamel dial, blued steel hands. Spring lid with three-coloured gold monogram. Comes with a Patek Philippe leather pouch and Extract from the Archives.
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Diameter: 39 mm
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Signed: Patek, Philippe & Co Genève
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The so-called ‘boy-size’ is an intermediate size between the lady’s watch and the man’s watch. Only very few pieces of this size with a repeating mechanism are known.