253,000 HKD
Longines, Trust Joyero, Swiss, made for the Spanish market, circa 1920. Fine and extremely rare 18 ct. gold, hunting cased, keyless minute repeating watch with four quarter " Carillon Westminster" chime. Four body, massive, "demi-bassine", polished. Gold cuvette. Three piece, white enamel with Breguet numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes Minute repeating watches with Carillon Westminster are very rare. Rarer are the ones striking with four quarters. 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, pages 227, fit. 161-162.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1993-06-10
