| A late 19th Century Swiss lever with digital dial in an unusual gunmetal "half" hunter case. Keyless gilt three quarter plate movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. Uncut bi-metallic balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial signed
"Manufacture de Cortebert", a light grey border to the edge. Central aperture revealing the digital indication of minutes, a circular aperture above showing the hours and below these a small subsidiary seconds dial. The minutes change instantaneously as the seconds hand passes 60. Unusual gunmetal hunter case, the front lid with two apertures revealing the hours and minutes. Gilt bezel, hand set, hinge, thumb piece, winding button and bow, clip on back and glazed cover
to the movement.
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