Swiss repeating calendar watch with moon phases Circa 1865

Gold complicated watch by Louis Audemars made for Charles Oudin
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A very fine and heavy Swiss 18 carat gold hunting cased quarter repeating full calendar keyless lever watch with moon phases, circa 1865. Gilt finished movement, 33 jewels, Audemars counterpoised lever or ‘Bishop’s crook pallet’, bimetallic compensation balance, wolf’s tooth winding, quarter repeating on two hammers onto two gongs. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, aperture for moon phases and lunar calendar, three subsidiary dials for date, day and month combined with constant seconds and 1/5ths calibration. Large engine turned case, applied coat-of-arms of the Ponce de León family to the front, those of the Da La Cerda family to the back, repeating slide in the band. Case stamped with Louis Audemars hallmark and casemaker’s initials ‘A.M.’, cuvette and movement signed and numbered by Charles Oudin, dial signed Charles Oudin.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: Ch. Oudin Her de la Marine Palais Royal 52 Paris Médailles de 1806 à 1864