Swiss gunmetal lever chronograph with register Circa 1935

Gunmetal open faced keyless chronograph 
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A Swiss gunmetal and 18 carat pink gold keyless pocket watch with chronograph and 30 minute register, circa 1935. A matte finish case, hinged cuvette. pink gold bezel, bow and lip. Matte silver dial, black Breguet numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions with five minute Arabic numerals. Subsidiary seconds, 30 minute register below 12 o’clock and blued steel spade hands. Rhodium plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with self compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, spring loaded micrometric regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Signed: Ulysse Nardin  Le Locle
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Accompanied by an original box
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Ulysse Nardin SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaking company. Founded in 1846 in Le Locle, Switzerland, bearing the name of its founder, R. Ulysse Nardin. It has remained in continuous production since. The company became best known for manufacturing highly accurate marine chronometers (of which the anchor in the company logo is a reminder nowadays) used by over 50 of the world’s navies from the end of the 19th century till 1950. Furthermore, pocket watches with complications such as moon phases, a perpetual calendar, repetition and an alarm function were produced. According to the last official report of Neuchâtel Observatory in Switzerland, Ulysse Nardin had won numerous awards and honours for its marine chronometers from 1846 to 1975, including 4324 certificates, 2411 special prizes and 18 gold medals at International exhibitions.
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Ulysse was born in 1823 in Le Locle, Switzerland. He first trained as an apprentice horologist under his father, Léonard-Fédéric Nardin and perfected his skills under the tutelage of Frédéric-William Dubois and Louis Jean Richard-dit-Bressel. Two master watchmakers who were experts in precision watches and whose fame extended beyond the mountains of Neuchâtel. Ulysse established his workshop at the age of 23. Despite growing up in the Jura mountains, he was fascinated by the sea and therefore produced nautical timekeeping instruments. The number of employees in 1900 was an impressive 300. The company was taken over and reinvigorated in 1983 by Rolf W. Schnyder, who transformed it into a profitable business. Since 2014, it has been a subsidiary of the French luxury group Kering. Ulysse Nardin has operated out of the same building, headquartered in Le Locle, since 1865.