A9135

Gold Minute Repeating Swiss Calendar

£6,100.00

Signed  Swiss
Hallmarked London [import]   1912
An early 20th Century Swiss minute repeating lever with chronograph and moonphase calendar in a gold full hunter case.
Diameter   59 mm         

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Description

An early 20th Century Swiss minute repeating lever with chronograph and moonphase calendar in a gold full hunter case.  Gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut balance with overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Grained steel flyback chronograph work above the plates.  Push button minute repeating on two steel gongs, visible regulator to the repeat train.  White enamel dial with flyback centre seconds chronograph.  Subsidiaries for day, date, month and seconds combined with the moonphase below.  Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hands, gilt hands.  Plain 18 carat gold full hunter case.  Large push button for the repeat and a small button for the chronograph in the band.

It is unusual to find English assay import marks on this type of watch.  The lids are also of heavier gauge