Swiss 18K gold repeater with six horological complications Circa 1875

Gold hunting cased lever
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A historical Swiss 18 carat pink gold keyless pocket watch with six horological complications made by Patek Philippe, Geneva, circa 1875. A five-minute repeater with a perpetual calendar, triple date, days of the week, month of the year and moon phases. The cover and case back are polished. Cuvette is engraved with the inscription: No 47792/Fabricquée pour Eusebio Güell/par Patek, Philippe & Co./Genève/Septembre 1880. A white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer minute track and blued steel hands. A gilded brass movement with a going barrel, straight line equilibrated lever escapement, cut compensated balance, and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve. Signature on the dial, case and movement.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Signed: Patek Philippe, Geneva
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Accompanied by an extract from the archives.
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The six complications:
-Five-minute repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 6 o’clock)
-Instantaneous perpetual calendar
-Date of the month (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock)
-Day of the week (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock; indications given in French)
-Month of the year (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock; indications given in French)
-Age and phases of the moon (subsidiary dial, graduated from 0 to 29 ½, and aperture at 12 o’clock)
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Güell i Bacigalupi, Eusebio, Barcelona, December 15, 1846–Barcelona, July 8, 1918.
Eusebio Güell is the son of Joan Güell i Ferrer 1800-1872, a wealthy industrialist from Torredembarra, Tarragona, who amassed a considerable fortune on the island of Cuba and ran several commercial activities in the city of Barcelona. His mother is Francisca Bacigalupi i Dolcet, a descendant of an ancient family of Italian merchants from the Republic of Genoa who immigrated to Catalonia at the end of the 18th century.