Swiss 14 Carat gold anker chronometer with chronograph Circa 1910

Pocket watch with high quality case and counter
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A heavy anker chronometer with chronograph and counter, made by Henry Moser & Cie in St Petersburg, Russia, circa 1910.  The numbered plain open faced case of this watch was crafted from 14 Carat gold. The white enamel dial has black Arabic minute and hour numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial with black Arabic numerals at six o’clock and a counter dial at twelve o’clock. The movement has a fine anker chronometer lever escapement, a chronograph and a counter. Dial and movement signed, the latter also in the Russian language.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Weight: 112 g
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Signed: H^y Moser & C^ie                 
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Henry Moser & Cie
Moser & Cie is a trademark of Moser Schaffhausen AG, a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer. The original H. Moser & Cie was founded in 1828 by the independent watchmaker Heinrich Moser in St. Petersburg, Russia. He became watchmaker in the service of the Russian Tsarist family, notable early clients included the Russian princes and members of the Russian Imperial Court. Vladimir Lenin also owned a Moser watch. After Moser died in 1874, the company was sold and its business in Russia was dispossessed in 1918 due to the October Revolution.

In 1953, H. Moser & Cie continued its business in Le Locle, Switzerland where it shifted its focus from pocket watches to wristwatches. Due to the quartz crisis, H. Moser & Cie became a part of the Dixi Mechanique Group and the original brand name was dropped. In 2002, Moser Schaffhausen AG was founded by Dr Jürgen Lange together with Heinrich Moser’s great-grandson Roger Nicholas Balsiger and the brand H. Moser & Cie was formally relaunched in 2005. Since 2012, Moser Schaffhausen AG has been a subsidiary of the MELB Holding Group of the Meylan family in Switzerland.