Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 433

GRANDE SONNERIE CLOCKWATCH WITH TRIP QUARTER-REPEATING Swiss. Made circa 1890. Fine and very rare, two-train, Grande Sonnerie striking and trip quarter-repeating, keyless pocket watch. To be sold without reserve

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

USD 5,300 - 7,500 / EUR 4,200 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 7,500

C. Three-body, gilt-brass, "bassine", polished, glazed on both sides, slides on the band for silence/sonnerie. D. White enamel, with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with Arabic fi ve-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. M. 20''', rhodium plated, double train with differential winding, 35 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator, striking the hours and quarters on gongs with two hammers, repeating activated by a trip-slide on the band. Diam. 53.5 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 4

Fair
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Lot 433: Grande Sonnerie clockwatches with quarter-repeating are very unusual, most being minuterepeating. This very high quality watch movement would have been destined for a much grander watch case than the one in which it is presently housed. It is possible that due to its unusual nature it was never sold and never left the Swiss manufacturer as a complete watch but simply put in what might be termed a ?working case?.