Longines, No. 3714, Swiss, circa 1912. Fine and extremely rare 18 ct. gold, hunting cased, keyless minute repeating watch with "Carillon Westminster" chime in original mahogany fitted box. | Important Collector's Wristwatches and watches | Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, 14th June 1995

Important Collector's Wristwatches an...

Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

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Longines, No. 3714, Swiss, circa 1912. Fine and extremely rare 18 ct. gold, hunting cased, keyless minute repeating watch with "Carillon Westminster" chime in original mahogany fitted box.

HKD 190,000 - 220,000

USD 25,000 - 30,000

C. Four body, massive, "demi-bassine", polished, a dedication dated April 1912, engraved inside the cover. Gold cuvette decorated with medals awarded in different exhibitions. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade" hands. M. 18"', frosted and gilt, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on four gongs with four hammers with slide in the band. Signed on the dial, case and movement. In excellent condition. Diam. 55 mm.

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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, pages 227, fig. 161- 162.