Paul Buhré, Swiss, No. 5079, circa 1910. Fine and extremely rare 18 ct. gold, hunting cased, keyless minute repeating watch with "Carillon Westminster" chiine. | 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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Paul Buhré, Swiss, No. 5079, circa 1910. Fine and extremely rare 18 ct. gold, hunting cased, keyless minute repeating watch with "Carillon Westminster" chiine.

HKD 160,000 - 180,000

USD 22,000 - 25,000

C. Four body, massive, "demi-bassine", polished. Gold cuvette. D. White enamel with boit Breguet numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 19"', 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 and movement. In very good 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, fif. 161- 162.