ANONYMOUS SWISS MINUTE REPEATER
HUNTING CASED YELLOW GOLD
Swiss, case No. 10830. Made circa 1895.
Fine, keyless, minute-repeating, hunting cased 18K yellow
gold pocket watch. Accompanied by a fitted box.
Four-body, "bassine," entire case hand-engraved in
a floral and leaf motive, the front cover centered by a
cartouche with engraved monogram, transparent inner
back, engraved hinged gold cuvette.
Satiné silver with radial Roman numerals, outer minute
track, floral engraving at center and rim, subsidiary
seconds dial. Gold Louis XV hands.
Cal. 20```, nickel-plated, 23 jewels, wolf-tooth
winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic
compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance
spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by
a slide on the band.
Case numbered.