Elegant Swiss 18K gold minute repeating watch Circa 1913

Gold open faced lever watch
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A very fine and elegant Swiss, 18K yellow gold, keyless, minute repeating watch, circa 1913. A polished case, back with monogram SCS, demi-concealed hinge. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved presentation inscription. Gilt dial with champleve Breguet numerals, outer minute track, guilloché outer and inner field, subsidiary seconds. Black Breguet hands. A rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, eight adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometre regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 46 mm
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Signed: Vacheron & Constantin  Genève