Swiss minute repeating watch with chronograph Circa 1893

Gold open faced pocket watch by Audemars Piguet & Cie.
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A Swiss rare Geneva minute repeating gentleman’s pocket watch with chronograph, with extract from the archives, circa 1893. Sold on 11/04/1893 to jeweller Henry Birks, Montreal.
18 carat gold case with gold dome and slide for repeating mechanism. Enamel dial with Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds, 30 min. counter, red 24h indicator, centre chronograph hand and blued spade hands. Bridge movement, rhodium-plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, very finely ground bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, 2 hammers, 2 gongs, wolfteeth winding wheels, gold screw compensation balance, blued balance spring, index spring fine adjusting device.
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Diameter: 49 mm
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Weight: 96 g
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Signed: Henry Birks, Montreal