Swiss 14K gold repeater with six horological complications Circa 1895

Gold hunting cased lever
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A large Swiss 14 carat pink gold pocket watch with six horological complications made by Jules Jacot-Houriet, Le Locle, circa 1895. A quarter repeater with chronograph, triple date, days of the week, month of the year and moon phases. The cover and case back are polished. The case back is engraved with the cypher J L G. A white enamel dial with suspended Arabic numerals, outer minute track with Arabic numerals at five intervals, and pink gold Louis XV hands. A gilt brass, full plate movement, going barrel, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance, rim cut perpendicular to the arms with gold poising screws and Palladium hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial; chronograph work on the top plate.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Weight: 129 g
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Signed: Jules Jacot-Houriet  Le Locle
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Accompanied by copies of the invention patents.
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The six complications:
-Quarter repeater on two steel gongs by two hammers (activated by the slide located on the case band at 6 o’clock)
-1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single olive shaped push piece located on the case band at 12 o’clock)
-Half-instantaneous date of the month (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock)
-Day of the week (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock; indications given in English)
-Month of the year (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock; indications given in English)
-Phases of the moon (aperture at 6 o’clock)
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Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 8 527, delivered on May 1st, 1894, to Jules Jacot Houriet, Le Locle, for repeater watches with or without complications. This makes it possible to build a movement with minute repeater, five-minute repeater or a quarter repeater.