Geneva, Nov 09, 2025

LOT 553

UNSIGNED, SWITZERLAND, ''GRANDE SONNERIE A MINUTE'', HUNTING CASE MINUTE REPEATING, 18K YELLOW GOLD

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

HKD 98,000 - 146,000 / USD 12,500 - 18,800 / EUR 10,800 - 16,200 / JPY 1,900,000 - 2,850,000

Sold: CHF 18,750

A very fine and rare, 18k gold, manual wind hunting-case, keyless-winding, pocket clock-watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6. Minute-repeater on two steel gongs by two hammers (activated by slide at 6 o’clock). Grande Sonnerie (position lever of “Silence” and “Sonnerie” at 12 o'clock). Twin-barrel differential-winding.


Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Unsigned, Switzerland

Model ''grande sonnerie a minute''

Year Circa 1890

Case No. 12520

Diameter 54 mm.

Caliber 44 mm., 36 jewels, rhodium-plated, double train with differential winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator.

Weight 131 gr.