Important Watches, Wristwatches and c...
Geneva, Apr 20, 1996
LOT 448
Unsigned, Swiss, patent No. 11948, circa 1920. Fine and very rare 18 ct. gold, hunting cased, keyless minute repeating watch with "Westminster Carillon" chime .
CHF 16,000 - 20,000
C. Four body, massive, "demi-bassine", polished, the cover engraved with the monogram: "M.J.". Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 19"', frosted and gilt, 37 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on four gongs with four hammers with slide in the band. In very good condition. Diam. 54 mm.
Notes
Minute repeating watches with Westminster
Carillon are very rare. They were the speciality of
Edouard JeanRichard in Le Locle. An identical
watch signed by Bernard Jaenneret Jean-Guy, in
the Musee International d'Horlogerie in La
Chaux-de-Fonds, is illustrated in A. Chapuis :
Grands Artisans de la Chronometrie, pages 227, fif.
161-162.