Swiss gold hunter with triple date and moon phases Circa 1870

Gold watch with engraved Russian Chapel
–
A very fine Swiss 18K pink gold hunting cased keyless pocket watch, circa 1870. With a triple date calendar and moon phases, the case is engraved with a depiction of the Russian Chapel in Geneva. A polished band, engine-turned covers with polished borders, the front with engraved foliate monogram JT, the back with a finely engraved depiction entitled Chapelle Russe, Genève, hand and calendar setting pins in the band. Hinged gold cuvette.
–
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the date and the days of the week, digital months aperture and aperture for the moon phases and gold spade hands. A rhodium-plated movement with Geneva striping decoration, 19 jewels, some in screwed chatons, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, and an index regulator. Cuvette signed.
–
Diameter: 51 mm
–
Signed: J. Dauer  Genève
–
The Russian Church in Geneva (Cathédrale de l’Exaltation de la Sainte Croix) is located at 18, Rue Beaumont. The Grand Duchess Anna Fyodorovna, a sister-in-law of Tsar Alexander I and aunt of Queen Victoria, was a long-time resident of Geneva and funded its construction in 1863. Built over the remains of a 16th-century Benedictine priory, it was designed by Grimm, a professor at the St-Petersburg Academy, and completed in 1866.