Swiss heavy pink gold repeater with chronograph Circa 1890

Open faced pocket watch by A. Lugrin/Lemania
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A Swiss heavy and big pink gold hours and quarters repeating pocket watch with chronograph, circa 1890.
18 carat pink gold  “à goutte” case with maker’s punch AL no. 26825 and glazed movement; nickel plated precision movement with lever escapement, repeating hours and quarters, chronograph, decorated, blued steel screws and screwed gold chatons; very beautiful and original white enamel dial with red chronograph register, centre chronograph hand, Roman hours and blued steel spade hands.
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Diameter: 53.5 mm
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Weight: 116 g
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Signed:  A. Lugrin, Lemania
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The watches and watch movement manufactory Lemania was founded in 1884 by Alfred Lugrin (1858-1920), who had acquired his expertise as a laborer at Jaeger-LeCoultre in Le Sentier. Because of the outstanding quality of his watch movements Lugrin received top awards and gold medals at exhibitions in 1906 in Milan and in 1914 in Bern. From the beginning he had specialized in the production of chronographs, stopwatches and repeaters.
Till the year 1930 the factory had the name to Lugrin S.A., until Lugrin’s son in law Marius Meylan established the brand name Lemania Watch Co. with headquarters in L’Orient. In 1932 Lemania, Omega and Tissot joined to form the SSIH group.