Lot 57

Charles F. Tissot. A fine and unusual 18K gold hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch with Westminster Carillon and Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom

SIGNED CH. F. TISSOT & FILS, LOCLE, CASE NO. 8218, STAMPED WITH LONDON IMPORT LETTER FOR 1926

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Charles F. Tissot. A fine and unusual 18K gold hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch with Westminster Carillon and Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Signed Ch. F. Tissot & Fils, Locle, case no. 8218, stamped with London import letter for 1926
With gilt-finished jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, Westminster carillon repeating on four polished steel hammers onto four gongs, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Breguet numerals, blued steel moon-style hands, subsidiary seconds, in circular engine-turned case with the applied gold coat of arms of a member of the United Kingdom's Royal family, repeating slide in the band, dial signed, case stamped with casemaker's initials W.H.S. possibly for William Henry Sparrow
55 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

Accompanied by a wooden fitted presentation box, the inside cover stamped with the Royal Arms.

The present watch is fitted with a Westminster carillon repeating mechanism, more complicated than the "normal" quarter or minute repeating function and more commonly found in clock watches. The quarter hours of the present watch are stroke on four hammers onto four gongs and chime the Westminster tune.

Tissot was founded in Le Locle in 1853 by Charles Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Emile and has been producing high quality watches ever since.

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