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Geneva, May 10, 2009

LOT 49

Three-Hammer Minute Repeater Swiss, movement No. 33849, case No. 33847. Made circa 1860. Fine and rare, minute-repeating with early use of three hammers, 18K yellow gold pocket watch. To be sold without reserve

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

USD 4,400 - 6,000 / EUR 3,300 - 4,600

Sold: CHF 6,600

C. Four-body, "bassine et filet", engine-turned case back, reeded band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost Arabic five-minute numerals. Blued steel spade hands. M. 45 mm, 20???, frosted gilt, 8 jewels, standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating via three hammers on two gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Diam. 53 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-10

Good

Patinated
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Minute repeating watches with more than two hammers are very rare before about 1900. The present watch is not a carillion like the later three-hammer watches but uses a hammer to strike the hours, then the hour hammer and a quarter hammer strike the quarters, and finally another hammer strikes the minutes only.