Hausmann. A fine and rare 18K gold hunter case minute repeating split seconds chronograph keyless lever watch with original box and certificate

SIGNED HAUSMANN & CO., NO. 35'790, CIRCA 1910

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Hausmann. A fine and rare 18K gold hunter case minute repeating split seconds chronograph keyless lever watch with original box and certificate
Signed Hausmann & Co., No. 35'790, circa 1910
With Extra gilt-finished highly jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, minute repeating on two polished steel hammers, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer five minute divisions, gold spade hands, two subsidiary dials indicating 30 minutes register and constant seconds, in large plain case, repeating slide in the band, split seconds chronograph mechanism operated through two buttons in the band, case, dial and movement signed
56 mm. diam.

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Accompanied by Hausmann & Co. Certificato di Garanzia dated 9 February 1962, original envelope and fitted wooden presentation box with hinged presentation stand.

Hausmann & Co. was founded in Rome in 1794 by Ernst Hausmann, a young German clockmaker and his friend and partner Hermann Frielingsdorf. The firm is still residing in the same premises in Rome's historical centre and represents the world's most prestigious watch and clock manufacturers.

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