Swiss gold watch with split-seconds chronograph Circa 1900

Gold split-seconds chronograph by Ulysse Nardin
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A Swiss hunting cased pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph, circa 1900.
The polished case is 18 Carat gold with on the outside an engraved monogram and the inner lid with presentation engraving: A Rodolfo P. Peracca Las Empresas Petroleras Lottero, Papini Y Cia. Condor S.A.P.A. Ragor S.A. 1948. The signed dial is white enamel, with black and blue Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds at 9, a 30 minute counter at 3, and blued spade hands. And the signed 2/3 plate movement is rhodium-plated and has Geneva Stripes decoration, very finely ground and bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, Swiss Patent 54714, screw compensation balance, and index spring fine adjusting device.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Weight: 104 g
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Signed: Ulysse Nardin, Locle a Genève, Suisse
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Rodolfo P. Peracca
Peracca was an Argentine businessman who had close ties to London. He offered to do for Brazil what he had already done for Uruguay in 1934; he would have a government refinery built, train the staff himself, and supply the crude oil from independent sources.