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Lot Essay
This magnificent perpetual calendar minute repeating watch is an unusually complicated example of Henry Moser's Russian market timepieces. Possibly made for Prince Serge Alexandrovitch Dolgorouky, the large heavy gold case is exquisitely decorated in enamel with both the Dolgorouky coat of arms and a beautiful depiction of two children with diamond-set details. The days of the week, the months and the leap-year indications are in Cyrillic.
George Heinrich (Henry, Henri) Moser (1844-1923)
Swiss watchmaker, son of Johan Heinrich Moser, a clockmaker, moved to St. Petersburg about 1827, where he opened a watch business (Nevskii Prospect and Malaya Konyushennaya St.). He had also a branch in Moscow. Moscow registers shows that he had an office there from 1827 to 1874 on Ilinka St. In 1874 the son Henry Moser, Jr. took over the business. The Moser Co. did business all over Russia, including such far places as Vladivostock in Siberia. In the third quarter of the 19th century they became suppliers to the Tsar.
George Heinrich (Henry, Henri) Moser (1844-1923)
Swiss watchmaker, son of Johan Heinrich Moser, a clockmaker, moved to St. Petersburg about 1827, where he opened a watch business (Nevskii Prospect and Malaya Konyushennaya St.). He had also a branch in Moscow. Moscow registers shows that he had an office there from 1827 to 1874 on Ilinka St. In 1874 the son Henry Moser, Jr. took over the business. The Moser Co. did business all over Russia, including such far places as Vladivostock in Siberia. In the third quarter of the 19th century they became suppliers to the Tsar.