Swiss heavy 18k gold minute repeating pocket watch Circa 1890

Hunting cased pocket watch by Aubert Frères
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A very fine, heavy Swiss minute repeating hunting cased pocket watch, circa 1890. Delivered to Tiffany & Co., New York and sold to George Augustus Wilcox.
18 carat gold, polished, à goutte case with engraved monogram “GAW”, gold dome with presentation engraving: “Geo. A. Wilcox, Detroit” and slide for repeating mechanism. Enamel dial with radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds and blued spade hands. Bridge movement, German silver, with “Geneva striping” decoration, 31 jewels, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, wolfteeth winding wheels, gold screw compensation balance and counterpoised lever.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 155 g
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Signed: Aubert Frères à Brassus
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Aubert Frères, along with Piguet Frères and Louis-Elisèe Piguet, was a leading maker of complicated movements for such companies as Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Jules Jürgensen, and others. Without them the big companies would never have been able to achieve the fame they have.A rough blanc of this movement is illustrated in Montres et horlogers exceptionnels by Daniel Aubert, p. 83. The case is built in such a way that closing the lid automatically disengages the lever-set mechanism in case one forgot to turn it back. The end-user of the watch, George A. Wilcox (1830-1928), Yale graduate, was a well-known attorney.