Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007
?Westminster Chime Carillon Minute Repeater? Paul Ditisheim, a La Chaux de Fonds, No. 47380, movement by Constant Piguet, Le Sentier, Swiss patent No. 11948. The case with London import marks for 1912 - 1913. Very fine and very rare, large, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating pocket watch with Westminster chimes carillon.
C. Four-body, "bassine" polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with exhibition prize details. D. Three-piece, white enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. 45 mm. (20???), rhodium-plated, 32 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on four gongs with four hammers activated by a slide on the band. Dial and case signed, movement engraved with Constant Piguet's patent number and "Grand Prix Paris 1900". Diam. 57 mm. Property of a Ukrainian Collector
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2 |
Very good |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |