Swiss gold hunting cased complicated lever watch Circa 1870

Gold full hunter with complications by Louis Audemars
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A very fine and rare Swiss 18 carat gold hunting cased minute repeating centre seconds keyless lever pocket watch with triple date, digital months and phases and age of the moon, circa 1870. Retailed by A. Perrée, Rue de la Ch.sée d’Antin 8, Paris, Elève de la Fabrique d’Horlogerie de Paris. Nickel -silver movement, Geneva striping decoration, 31 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, gold wheel train, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement with Louis Audemars shepherd’s crook counterpoise, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs with two polished steel hammers activated by a slide in the band. Gold hinged cuvette engraved with the retailer’s details. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, two subsidiary sunk dials for date and days of the week, phases of the moon aperture with gold and enamel moon disc, age of the moon sector, aperture for the months and original gold spade hands. Polished case. Dial, cuvette and movement signed by the retailer, the case with Louis Audemars punch mark.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Signed: Louis Audemars Brassus
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This top-quality movement and its case are typical of the artistic design of Audemars watches. This watch was built to give the highest possible precision in spite of the power-draining calendar mechanism.