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Zenith. A fine 18K gold hunter case two train carillon minute repeating grande sonnerie keyless lever clockwatch

SIGNED ZENITH, NO. 095978, CIRCA 1900

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Zenith. A fine 18K gold hunter case two train carillon minute repeating grande sonnerie keyless lever clockwatch
Signed Zenith, No. 095978, circa 1900
The gilt-finished fully jewelled two train lever movement separately wound by turning the crown to either side, bimetallic compensation balance, en passant grande sonnerie hour, quarter hours and minutes striking and carillon repeating on three hammers onto three gongs, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gilt spade hands, subsidiary seconds, in heavy circular case with silent/strike lever in the bezel, repeating button in the band, case, cuvette and movement signed
55 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

The carillon repeating mechanism is more complicated than the normal one and is usually found in clock watches. It features three or four gongs instead of only two. The quarter hours of the present watch are stroke on three hammers onto three gongs and chime three tunes.

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