Swiss pink gold minute repeater with automaton jacks Circa 1900

Pink gold hunting cased keyless lever 
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A fine and rare Swiss 18K pink gold hunting cased, keyless minute repeating watch with automaton jacks, circa 1900. A massive, polished case and a hinged gold cuvette decorated with medals awarded in different exhibitions, glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. Small translucent royal blue guilloche enamel dial with gold paillon Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions and subsidiary seconds and gold Louis XV hands. Blued steel dial plate applied with gold automaton Jacks: Father of Time on the left side, cherubs on the right, striking hours, quarters and minutes on bells, a cornucopia below the dial. A gilt brass movement, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a push piece in the band, centrifugal governor. Case and cuvette signed Volta.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Signed: Maurice Ditisheim  Chaux-de-Fonds