Swiss, French 18k gold astronomical with eight complications Circa 1910

Gold minute repeating pocket watch 
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A very fine Swiss, exceptionally rare, small, 18K yellow gold, and astronomical, hunting cased, minute repeating keyless pocket watch, circa 1910. Watch with eight complications, perpetual calendar, chronograph and phases and age of the moon.
A massive, polished case, sprung and hinged front cover, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial, Breguet numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions and Arabic five seconds numerals, sunk subsidiary four-year dial divided into four sectors, each with month indications, sunk subsidiary date and day of the week dials, subsidiary seconds with the age of the moon, aperture for moon phases, setting levers in the bezel.
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Blued steel spade hands. A rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 36 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, steel chronograph work activated by push-piece in the band, repeating with two hammers on two gongs via activating slide in the band. Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 42 mm
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Signed: Golay-Leresche & Golay Fils & Stahl  Geneva-Paris
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The dial is slightly damaged.
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Golay Fils & Stahl, successors to Golay-Leresche, that was founded in 1837. The Golay-Leresche company won a Silver Medal at the 1878 Paris Universal Exhibition. In 1857, the firm was run by the founder’s son. In the early 20th century, the company was sold to Stahl, hence the name Golay Fils & Stahl. The firm had a worldwide clientele, including the King of Romania and the Maharajah of Barodah. In 1962, Jacques Wolfgang, father of current owner Jesse Wolfgang, bought the company. As a jeweller, he brought a new style to the house’s creations.