Swiss gold repeater made for the Russian market Circa 1900

Gold watch with date, chronograph and moon phase
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A fine Swiss, 18K yellow gold, minute repeating hunting cased keyless pocket watch with triple date, chronograph and moon phases by Borel Fils & Cie, Neuchatel, circa 1900. Made for the Russian market. A polished, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals, outer minute track and concentric outer seconds track divided into fifths and with Arabic five-second numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the date, apertures for the days of the week and months (in Cyrillic) and moon phases. Gold Louis XV hands.

Frosted gilt movement, jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, polished steel chronograph work mounted on the back plate and activated by a button in the band, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band, centrifugal governor. Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: Borel Fils & Cie Neuchatel