Swiss 14K gold minute repeating pocket watch Circa 1900

Gold open faced lever watch by Henry Moser & Cie
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A fine Swiss 14 carat gold open faced minute repeating lever pocket watch, circa 1900.
Glazed nickel plated bridge movement, two hammers, two gongs, going barrel, wolf-teeth winding wheels, lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance, blued balance spring, screwed gold chatons. Tiered, polished case. Signed gilt dial with Arabic hours, outer minute divisions, auxiliary seconds and blued spade hands.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Weight: 135 g
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Signed: Hy Moser & Cie
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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. 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. 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 re-launched in 2005. Since 2012, Moser Schaffhausen AG has been a subsidiary of the MELB Holding Group of the Meylan family in Switzerland.