Swiss 18K gold minute repeating pocket watch Circa 1880

Gold open faced  lever watch
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A Swiss 18 carat yellow gold open faced minute repeating keyless pocket watch made by Pateck & Cie in Geneva, circa 1880. An engine turned case with plain bezels, pendant and bow. Repeats the minutes by two hammers on two steel gongs, activated by the slide located on the case band at 4 o’clock. White enamel dial with radial Roman hours, an outer minute track with Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds at 6 and fine gilded metal stone set hands. A nickel plated movement with going barrel, gold screwed chaton on the central wheel, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, and a polished steel index regulator, repeater work on the main plate under the dial. Signature on the cuvette.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Weight: 141 g
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Signed: Pateck & Cie Geneva
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Please note that this timepiece was made by Pateck & Cie not Patek Philippe.