| A late 19th Century Swiss minute repeating lever in silver niello full hunter case. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel. Sector shaped bridge cock with polished steel index and regulator. Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Screwed in jewelling. Push pendant minute repeating on two polished steel gongs, visible polished steel
regulator for the train. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Unusual silver niello full hunter case with fine chequerboard pattern covering the surface. Plain silver cuvette, gold push for the minute repeat, maker's mark "NIEL HF" in a shield.
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