Large Swiss 18k gold repeater with chronograph Circa 1900

Gold hunting cased pocket watch
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A very large Swiss 18k gold, minute repeating, a keyless pocket watch with chronograph by Maar Bier Swiss, circa 1900. Accompanied by a fitted rosewood box. The front cover is applied with an engraved coat of arms, the back cover is similarly decorated with another coat of arms. Hinged gold cuvette with engine turned border and inscribed with the technical details, glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement.

White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric fifths of a second track calibrated to 300 units, subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. Frosted gilt with blued steel chronograph work and decoration, 32 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs with blued steel hammers activated by a slide in the band.
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Diameter: 63 mm
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Signed: Maar Bier  Swiss