Swiss 18k rose gold pocket watch with eight complications Circa 1887

Gold hunting cased lever minute repeater
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A rare and large Swiss, 18K rose gold, hunting cased, keyless pocket watch, circa 1887. With eight complications, split-seconds chronograph, minute repeater, perpetual calendar, phases of the moon and lunar calendar. A polished case, push button for the chronograph at 1, the split-seconds at 11, locking bolt for the chronograph between the buttons. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost chronograph divisions with fifths of second divisions and Arabic five second/minute numerals, four subsidiary dials for days of the week, date, months concentric with leap year indication, seconds and aperture for the phases of the moon, lunar calendar on the edge. Blued steel pear hands.
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A rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 31 jewels, calibrated straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with temperature and meantime adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator, repeating on gongs with two polished steel hammers activated by a slide on the band. Case punched A.F. & Ce.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Signed: Audemars Frères  Swiss