OMEGAMANIA

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Apr 15, 2007

LOT 28

THREE-HAMMER CARILLON

Louis Brandt Frères, No. 12485. Made in 1883 for the US market. Very fine and very rare 18K pink gold, hunting-cased keyless pocket watch with three hammer carillon minute repeat. This watch is sold with box, Certificate of Authenticity and a 2-year Omega guarantee.

CHF 35,000 - 45,000

EUR 22,000 - 28,000 / USD 30,000 - 37,000

Sold: CHF 41,300

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, solid, polished, covers with an engine-turned peripheral border, inside of back cover with dedication ?David Patton from Aunt Jane, Christmas 1883?, engine-turned case band, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with painted and stylized Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, recessed subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 20???, maillechort, 30 jewels, four gold chatons, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, three hammers striking on two gongs by activating slide on the band. Case numbered, movement marked: ?Pat 7832?, this patent was granted to Louis Brandt Frères on December 30th, 1883. Diam. 52 mm. Property of a Ukranian Collector


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-12

Good

Worn
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

What is a Minute Repeater? A minute repeating watch tells the time both visually and audibly. A slide on the side of the case, usually near the 9, will activate two hammers in the movement. These hammers strike two gongs curled within the case. First one hammer strikes a gong of lower tonality; it will count out the hours. Then both hammers will strike both gongs alternatively to count out the quarter hours after that hour, and then the second hammer alone striking a gong of higher tonality will count out the minutes after that quarter hour. The repeating mechanism was developed by Daniel Quare. In 1687, he had patented a mechanism that sounded the hours and the quarter hours. The early repeaters used bells. At the end of the 18th century, two bent-wire gongs became the more popular mechanism. In 1892, the first minute repeating wristwatch was produced by Louis Brandt Frères.