A gold hunter cased minute repeating chronograph watch with chased case, International Watch Co., Schauffhausen, circa 1900

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Description

International Watch Co., Schauffhausen
diameter 57mm

18k, nickel lever movement, 25 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, slide repeat, the case chased with a scene of Napoleon I astride a horse on the battlefield, the reverse monogrammed, dial, cuvette and movement signed.

Catalogue Note

For a similar scene depicting Napoleon I on the battefield on another watch by the International Watch Co., see Tolke & King, International Watch Company, pp. 170-171, pls. 180a-d.