Swiss silver enamel pearls-set repeating chronograph Circa 1900

Silver enamel full hunter pocket watch by Henry Sandoz
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A decorative Swiss silver enamel hunting cased pocket watch with chronograph and minute repeater, circa 1900 and made for the Chinese market.
Gilt 1/2 plate movement, hallmarked and gilded coat of arms of the Sandoz family with the motto: Sine Dolo (Without pain), two hammers / two gongs, gold screw compensation balance. Enamel dial with Roman radial hours, outer minutes/seconds track with Arabic five minutes/seconds numerals, subsidiary dial for the seconds, centre second hand, and Breguet-style hands. Silver, gilt, polychrome enamel case set with half-pearls.
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The front and back of this extremely decorative silver enamel, scovers are engine-turned, translucent red enamel and have semi-pearl-set bezels. The middle part is decorated with red champlevé flowers. A multicoloured enamel portrait of a lady with a white powder wig and a deeply decollete dress is on the front, and a rectangular medallion of a knitting elderly lady in a rocking chair while looking after children is on the back.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Weight: 134 g
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Signed: Henry Sandoz Locle
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Sandoz founded the Tavannes Watch Company together with his partners in 1891. The company was successful and soon exported to several countries, including Canada, Russia, the United States and the Far East.