Stauffer & Co Silver Open Face Keyless Minute Repeater Retailed by Lebolt Chicago

Stauffer & Co Silver Open Face Keyless Minute Repeater retailed by Lebolt Chicago 

Dial: The perfect white enamel roman numeral dial signed by the retailer Lebolt Chicago with sub-second dial and blued spade hands covered by a mineral glass.

Case: The plain silver case with unusual rose gold attachments to the case. The case back and inner case back both Swiss hallmarked Silver.

Movement: The fully jewelled keyless movement with Swiss lever escapement stamped S&Co Swiss Made. The two hammers striking the hours quarters and minutes on two gongs. 

"Stauffer, Son & Co was founded in 1830 in Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland. By 1860 they were trading as a partnership (Jules Stauffer and Francis Claude) at 12 Old Jewry Chambers, London EC. Stauffer subsequently retired with his place being taken by Charles Nicolet. They were listed in Directories at this period as wholesale watch manufacturers and importers. Claude retired in 1874 leaving Nicolet to take control of the firm. The Watchmaker Jeweller and Silversmith reported on the watches, chromometers and repeating watches exhibited by them at the Inventions Exhibition of 1885. They moved to 13 Charterhouse Street, Holborn, London EC in 1887."
S & Co  with a crown in an oval (1880) was a trade mark symbol. The company made the movements for IWC but were generally signed Peerless.