Gold Repeating Watch no. 14857

Case: Yellow gold hunter, ornately engraved all over, hinged cuvette signed "Ch. Labouriau, Geneve - Paris", number 14857. Dial: White enamel, Roman numerals, blued steel cathedral hands, subsidiary dials for seconds, day & month and sectors for moonphase & retrograde date, unsigned. Movement: Nickel, bi-metallic balance with blued steel balance spring with Breguet overcoil with polished steel kidney piece, ebauche likely by Aubert Freres. Provenance: 18?? - Haas Neveux, Geneva 18?? - Ch. Labouriau, Paris ???? - Dr Crott auction "B. Haas Jeune & Cie. / Ch. Labouriau, Paris, Genève, Geh. Nr. 14857, 52 mm, 135 g, circa 1880 , A rare quarter repeating hunting case pocket watch in a lavishly ornamented gold case with retrograde date, calendar and moon phase - made for the Spanish market Case: 18k gold, "à trois couleurs", overall lavishly engraved and chased with foliate and flower scrolls, à goutte, florally engraved and signed gold dome, slide for repeating mechanism. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds at "8", retrograde date, subsidiary dial for indication of the month at "4" and weekday at "6", cobalt blue enamelled golden moon phase disc with golden moon and stars, blued hands. Movm.: bridge movement, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 2 hammers, 2 gongs, gold screw compensation balance, counterpoised lever. " 20?? - Private collection 20?? - www.watch-wiki.org 2024 - Jones Horan auction, note possible wrong number 14357, est $8-12,000, "EPW - B. Haas, Jeune & Cie, Swiss (marked within case as "B.H.J. & Ci."), quarter-hour repeater with perpetual calendar, retrograde date, and moonphase, 52mm, heavy 18K multicolor gold original B.H.J. & Ci. HC with multicolor detail front including rose gold central shield and decorative surround, two white gold lion's heads, and green foliate detail, rear with foliate detail and two lion's heads, reeded band, gold cuvette marked for retailer Ch. Labouriau, Paris, Geneve, white enamel triple-sunk dial with aperture at 12 for moonphase, SW-pin-set, fully capped lever escapement with counterpoise, 26-33J, fausses-côtes pattern nickel damascene, s#14357 within case. Gross weight of assembled watch 88.2 dwt (137.1 g). Comes as pictured with an elegant small brass tool made to facilitate advancement by pins of day, date, and moonphase indication (watch has no provision to advance setting of month which is as-made). An elegant and beautiful piece with very impressive in-hand presence. From the collection of Ethan Lipsig. CONDITION: Mvt: Running, good repeat function and tone, good perpetual calendar and moonphase function, excellent-plus cosmetic mvt condition overall, some scattered micro-fine scratches; dial with scattered hls, two closely spaced fractures between center and upper-right of subsidiary seconds-register that look to have been stabilized with paste, small flake right of center, small flake to upper-right rim of subsidiary seconds-register; case shows little wear, mild shallow compression type dent toward left-center of rear, good engraving detail, evident repair to portion of rear planchet between bottom and lower-left that is evident with solder excess visible internally and a narrow sliver visible externally, central "medallions" of cuvette with some rippling of reflection suggesting possibility of polished removal of markings in these areas; tight bow, crown shows light wear; good glass crystal."