Important watches, wristwatches & clocks
New York, Dec 07, 1988
LOT 180
Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1920. 18-carat gold cased minute repeating, "grande sonnerie" carillon clockwatch.
USD 5,000 - 6,000
Four body "demi-bassine" polished case, gold cuvette. Silvered dial with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds. Pear blued steel hands. 18''double train nickel movement, 26 jewels, going and striking trains wound simultaneously, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetaIIic balance, Breguet balance-spring. Striking and repeating on three gongs, with three hammers, repeating work released by mean of a bolt on the band. In good condition. Diam. 52 mm.
