Swiss watch with repeater and enamel monogram Circa 1900

Gold hunting cased pocket watch Première Qualité by LeCoultre
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A very fine Swiss hunting cased pocket watch Première Qualité by LeCoultre with minute repeater and polychrome enamel monogram, circa 1900.
Polished 18-carat gold case with raised enamel decoration: RB with crown and plumed crest of Austrian aristocratic family Wassilko von Serecki. Gold dome signed: Movement Lecoultre – 1ère Qualité – Mèdaille d’or Genève. White enamel dial with radial Breguet numerals, outer minutes track, subsidiary dial for the seconds, and spade hands. Frosted gilt bridge movement, ratchet wheel, two hammers / two gongs, wolf teeth winding wheels, screw compensation balance.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Weight: 106 g
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Signed: LeCoultre & Cie. / G. Braillard, La Chaux-de-Fonds
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The Wassilko von Serecki are a Romanian boyar family originally from Bukovina and members of the Austrian high nobility; they were among the largest landowners in Austria-Hungary and the only family of Romanian origin to receive this noble imperial title.