Swiss gold split-seconds chronograph pocket watch Circa 1900

Gold open faced lever by C.H. Meylan 
–
A rare Swiss 18K yellow gold keyless pocket watch with a split-second chronograph, circa 1900. A solid, polished case, a crown for the start/stop and return- zero of the chronograph, the button for the split-seconds at 11 and a hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with painted radial fancy Arabic numerals, outer minute and chronograph divisions with five-minute red Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register and blued steel spade hands. Rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, adjusted cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometre regulator. Dial and movement signed, case numbered.
–
Thickness: 11 mm
–
Diameter: 48 mm
–
Signed: C.H. Meylan  Swiss