237,500 HKD
ZENITH, CARILLON GRANDE SONNERIE MINUTE REPEATER, YELLOW GOLD Zenith, “Repetition a Minutes Grande Sonnerie & Carillon”, case No. 179801. Made circa 1913. Extremely fine and very rare, trip minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, hunting-cased, keyless, two-train, carillon grande sonnerie clockwatch with three hammers and three gongs. Five body, “bassine”, polished, the front cover with engraved monogram “AB”. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details and prize medals. White enamel, dauphine numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Spade hands. 20”’, matte gilt, double train with differential winding, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator, striking the hours and quarters on three gongs with three hammers, centrifugal governor between the dial and dial plate, Silence/Sonnerie selection lever on the bezel border, repeating activated by a trip push-piece in the band. Dial case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 55 mm. Notes The present watch is a particularly fine example of the Zenith minute-repeating carillon clockwatch. This type of minute-repeating Grande Sonnerie clockwatch movement, with carillon on three gongs with three stacked hammers but without Petite Sonnerie, were usually commercialised by Zenith using the Cesar Racine patent.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-01-26
