44,840 CHF
Trip Minute-Repeater, Carillon Grande Sonnerie Clockwatch Attributed to Zenith, No. 2398, Swiss Patent No. 18543. Made circa 1920. Fine and very rare, thin, trip minute-repeating, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless, two-train, carillon Grande Sonnerie clockwatch with three hammers and three gongs. Four body, "bassine", polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details. White enamel, threepiece, with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. Notes 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.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-11-11