Barbezat-Bole. A fine and unusual 18K pink gold hunter case carillon minute repeating chronograph keyless lever watch

SIGNED H. BARBEZAT-BOLE, FABRICANT D'HORLOGERIE, LOCLE, SUISSE, NO. 3153, CIRCA 1900

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Barbezat-Bole. A fine and unusual 18K pink gold hunter case carillon minute repeating chronograph keyless lever watch
Signed H. Barbezat-Bole, Fabricant d'Horlogerie, Locle, Suisse, No. 3153, circa 1900
With gilt-finished lever movement, 33 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, carillon repeating on four polished steel hammers onto four gongs, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, in circular plain case with engraved initials to the front, repeating slide and chronograph button in the band, cuvette signed and numbered, case numbered
56 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

The present watch is fitted with a 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 as opposed to the common two hammers and two gongs.

Henri Barbezat-Bôle (1851-1921), founder of H. Barbezat-Bôle SA Le Locle, was specialised in the manufacture of pocket and marine chronometers and repeating watches. He was the brother of Barbezat-Baillot, owner of Le Phare.

Around 1929 Barbezat-Bôle SA joined Paul Buhré and became Paul Buhré & Henri Barbezat-Bôle SA.

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