Swiss hunting cased minute repeating pendant watch Circa 1890

Yellow gold repeating full hunter by J. Barth & Fils
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A Swiss, keyless winding, 14 Carat yellow gold, minute repeating, hunting cased lever pendant watch, circa 1890-1900. This small watch has one horological complication: Minute repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 6 o’clock). The hunting case is 14 Carat yellow gold with a signature and a guilloché engine turned cover and case back. The dial is enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minutes track with five minutes numerals, a subsidiary dial for the seconds at 6, and gold spade hands. And the movement is gilded brass with going barrel, straight line lever escapement, cut compensated balance and blued steel hairspring with a terminal curve.
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Diameter: 35.5 mm
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Signed: J. Barth & Fils
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Barth & Fils, Swiss watch manufacturer
Barth & Fils was a Geneva watch manufacturer at the end of the 19th century. Joseph Barth is mentioned as early as 1862 in Geneva, and the company was also mentioned as J. Barth & Fils. His sons Louis Barth and Charles Barth later took over the company. The company was located at 26 Rue du Montblanc. The company used The Eiffel Tower in a “Marque du Fabrique” logo in 1889. High quality watches with complications were produced, usually sold to South America. Later the company was also listed in Le Locle as “Charles Barth Locle”.
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In addition to J. Barth & Fils, there were also watchmakers in Geneva: Maurice Barth in the Pradier 1 and Nathan Barth in the Montblanc 17.