Swiss 14 carat gold watch for the Russian market Circa 1900

Gold lever quarter repeater
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A fine gold full hunter cased quarter repeater made for the Russian market by Henry Moser in St. Petersburg, Russia, circa 1900. This numbered, polished watch was crafted from 14 carat gold and has three gold lids. The white enamel dial has black Arabic hour numerals, an outer minute track, a subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o’clock and steel hands. The movement by Audemars Piguet has an exquisite precision lever escapement, Geneva striping decoration and a quarter hour repeater.
Dial signed, case signed and numbered, cuvette signed twice (also in Cyrillic) and numbered.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 105 g
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Signed: H^Y Moser & C^IE
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The present watch comes from a high quality German collection and has not been used for many years.
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The Swiss Henry Moser manufactured the finest precision pocket watches for the Russian Tsarist Empire.
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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.
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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.