Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 17, 2013
LOT 322
ZENITH, CARILLON GRANDE SONNERIE MINUTE REPEATER, PINK GOLD Zenith, ?Repetition a Minutes Grande Sonnerie & Carillon?, case No. 095758. Made circa 1913. Extremely fine and very rare, trip minute-repeating, 18K pink gold, keyless, two-train, carillon grande sonnerie clockwatch with three hammers and three gongs.
CHF 16,000 - 20,000
USD 17,000 - 22,000 / EUR 13,000 - 16,000
Sold: CHF 27,500
C. Four body, ?bassine?, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold Spade hands. M. 20??, matte gilt, double train with differential winding, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator, striking the hours and quarters on three gongs with three hammers, centrifugal governor between the dial and dial plate, Silence/Sonnerie selection lever on the band, repeating activated by a trip push-piece in the band. Dial case, cuvette and movement signed. DIAM. 55 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |