Remarkable Swiss full hunter with five complications Circa 1900

Gold repeating pocket chronograph by C. Dégallier
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A very fine, large, heavy, Swiss minute repeating hunting cased pocket watch with chronograph, moon phases, leap-year and perpetual calendar, circa 1900. Retailed by Ch. Grottendieck in Bruxelles.
Matte gilt, ébauche (probably by LeCoultre & Co) movement, keyless-winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometre regulator. Enamel dial with Breguet-style radial hours, outer minutes/seconds track with 24-hour numerals (24 in red), subsidiary dial for the seconds at 6, original pear hands, and five horological complications: – minute repeater on two steel gongs (activated by a slide at 6 o’clock); – chronograph (started by the single olive push-piece located on the case band at 12 o’clock); –  perpetual calendar; –  leap-year; – moon phases. Polished 18K yellow gold case. Dial, case and movement signed. Accompanied by original box and certificate.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Signed: Dégallier, Genève
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Swiss watchmaker
The company C. Dégallier was located in Geneva, Rue de la Coratterie 4; the company was active from about 1870 to 1926. From 1916 the company was located at Place de Cornavin 4. The first watch with a Geneva seal was from C. Dégallier, produced on November 30, 1887. From July 21, 1926, the company continued as Edmond Dégallier through Edmond-Théophile Dégallier
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Dégallier became known for his pocket chronometer; in 1883, various Geneva companies were represented at the National Exhibition in Zurich, including C. Dégallier. In 1893 the company was also represented at the Chicago World’s Fair.
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Charles Grottendieck was a well-known watchmaker with a jewellery and watch shop in Brussels, Belgium. The company was founded around 1850. Grottendieck was also a representative of Patek Philippe, LeCoultre & Cie SA. and Vacheron Constantin.