An 18ct yellow gold Split-Chronograph Stopwatch, Stauffer, Son & Co. Circa 1927. 56.5 mm round case in 18ct yellow gold openfaced with hinged caseback with internal movement dispay crystal winding stem and fob loop at 12 o'clock. Hallmarked as 18ct with London assay office import marks and 1927 'M' hallmark. Case makers mark 'CN' Charles Nicolet. Total weight of watch 126.46 grams. Case back engraving 'W.J Mclean from Elliot R. Davis 'Wharemanea' Ellerslie, June 1941' Hand wound mechanical split chronograph movement, with Swiss lever escapement signed SS&Co and Swiss Made. White dial with Arabic 5 interval seconds makers and railway track scales for seconds and 1/5ths of seconds, minutes totaliser in 12 o'clock subdial. Blue steel index hands. Mineral glass crystal.