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Henry Capt. A Fine 18k Gold Minute Repeating Openface Keyless Lever Split-Seconds Chronograph Pocket Watch
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Henry Capt. A Fine 18k Gold Minute Repeating Openface Keyless Lever Split-Seconds Chronograph Pocket Watch

SIGNED HENRY CAPT, GENEVE, NO. 3906, CIRCA 1900

Closed16 December 2011

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Henry Capt. A Fine 18k Gold Minute Repeating Openface Keyless Lever Split-Seconds Chronograph Pocket Watch
Signed Henry Capt, Geneve, No. 3906, Circa 1900
Nickel-finished lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, swan neck regulator, minute repeating on two gongs activated by a slide in the band, gold cuvette, white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, sunken subsidiary seconds, monogrammed circular case, split-seconds chronograph operated through the crown and rectangular button in the band, hinged back, cuvette, dial and movement signed
52mm diam.

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Born in Chenit, Switzerland, Henry-Daniel Capt was renowned for his snuffboxes with music and automaton scenes as well as his automaton watches. He used the musical mechanism with pinned cylinder and tuned teeth comb, among the first to do so in Geneva. He also was one of the first to introduce chronographs to Geneva. His automata are considered some of the best in the 18th and 19th century.