Swiss minute repeating chronograph with calendar Circa 1900

Gold triple date pocket chronograph watch by Le Phare
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A fine and rare, keyless, minute repeating, 18 Carat yellow gold, Swiss pocket watch with single button chronograph, triple date calendar and moon phases, circa 1900.
Polished 18 Carat gold à goutte (water drop shape) case with chronograph pusher at 2 o’clock, pusher for repetition at 6 o’clock and glazed movement. Enamel dial with Roman hours, date indicator, a window for the month, day, auxiliary seconds, cobalt blue enamelled moon phase disc with inlaid golden moon and stars, and Louis XV hands. Frosted gilt 1/2 plate movement with mirror polished and bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, two hammers, two gongs, governor for repetition, screw compensation balance and screwed on regulator scale. Signature on the cuvette, and with gilt metal chain.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Signed: Le Phare
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The LE PHARE watch manufactory
Founded in 1888 at Le Locle high in the Neuchatel mountains, the LE PHARE watch factory, which gave birth to the JEAN D’EVE watch range, has left its mark on the story of Swiss watchmaking. Indeed, from as early as 1889, its watches were rewarded with the most eminent prizes: A gold medal at the National Exhibition of 1896 in Geneva followed that of 1889 at the Great Universal Exhibition in Paris.