Sold for:
138,000 HKD
138,000 HKD
Unsigned, Swiss, patent No. 11948, circa 1910. Fine and very rare 18 ct. gold, hunting cased, keyless minute repeating watch with "Carillon Westminster" chime . Four body, massive, "demi-bassine", polished. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Arabic numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes Minute repeating watches with Carillon Westminster are very rare. They were the speciality of Edouard JeanRichard in Le Locle. An identical watch signed by Bernard Janneret Jean-Guy, in the Musée International d'Horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds, is illustrated in A. Chapuis: Grands Artisans de la Chronométrie, p.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-06-03
