Swiss gold clockwatch made for the Russian market Circa 1890

Gold carillon minute repeating clockwatch
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An outstanding Swiss, large and heavy, 18k gold hunting cased clockwatch, circa 1890. With three-hammer and three-gong, carillon trip-minute repeating, grande sonnerie, keyless, two-train clockwatch. Made for the Russian market. A solid case, engine-turned with polished borders. Hinged gold cuvette, glazed gold-rimmed cover over the movement.
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White enamel dial, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. A rhodium-plated movement, 35 jewels, two-train with tandem winding, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, Sonnerie/Silent selection lever in the bezel, repeating with three polished hammers on three gongs activated by a trip button on the band. Dial, case and cuvette signed.
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Diameter: 58 mm
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Signed: Hy. Moser & Cie.  Swiss
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 Johann Heinrich Moser (1805-1874) A Swiss watchmaker, and son of a clockmaker, about 1827 he moved to St. Petersburg where he opened a watch business (Nevskii Prospect and Malaya Konyushennaya St.). He also had a branch in Moscow. Moscow registers show that he had an office there from 1827 to 1874 on Ilinka St. In 1874 his son Henry Moser, Jr. took over the business. The Moser Co. did business throughout Russia, even as far away as Vladivostock in Siberia. In the third quarter of the 19th century, they became suppliers to the Tsar.