Early Swiss gold half-quarter repeating lever watch Circa 1875

Gold repeating full hunter by Patek Philippe
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An early Swiss 18 carat gold hunting cased half-quarter repeating lever pocket watch with very rare complication, circa 1875. Patek Philippe precision lever movement, wolf’s toothing, repeating the hours, quarter hours and half-quarters. Cuvette inscribed E.F. Wolf Hannover. White enamel dial with black Arabic hours, red Arabic minutes and red seconds, blued steel Breguet hands. Plain case. Dial signed, case and movement with matching numbers.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Weight: 112 g
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Signed: Patek, Philippe & Cie Genève
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The identical movement and case number indicate that Patek Philippe delivered the movement and the dial of this watch to the German chronometer maker Louis Eschholz/E.F. Wolf in Hannover, where the watch was completed, probably exactly as Patek Philippe delivered Tiffany in New York.
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Louis Eschholz was born in Hannover in 1841 and succeeded E.F. Wolf in Hannover. He was a member of the board of the Hannoverian Watchmakers’ Guild and handed in the chronometer N°863 for testing in 1903. Louis Eschholz died on the 8th of September 1905 in Hannover.