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Constant Piguet, made for Edward Prior. A very fine, rare and heavy 18K gold hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch with Piguet's patented Westminster Carillon chime on four hammers, made for the Turkish Market
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Constant Piguet, made for Edward Prior. A very fine, rare and heavy 18K gold hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch with Piguet's patented Westminster Carillon chime on four hammers, made for the Turkish Market

SIGNED EDWARD PRIOR, LONDON, CUVETTE SIGNED REPETITION MINUTES, GRANDE SONNERIE WESTMINSTER, QUALITÉ SUPÉRIEURE, CASE NO. 48000, CIRCA 1900

Closed16 May 2011

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Constant Piguet, made for Edward Prior. A very fine, rare and heavy 18K gold hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch with Piguet's patented Westminster Carillon chime on four hammers, made for the Turkish Market
Signed Edward Prior, London, cuvette signed Repetition Minutes, Grande Sonnerie Westminster, Qualité Supérieure, case no. 48000, circa 1900
Gilt-finished highly jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, Westminster carillon repeating on four hammers onto four gongs, glazed dust cover, gold cuvette with engraved inscription Repetition a Minutes Grande Sonnerie Westminster Qualité Supérieure, white enamel dial, Turkish numerals, subsidiary seconds, heavy circular case, finely chased and engraved floral and foliage decoration in high relief, initials JA to the front, repeating slide in the band, case stamped with English assay marks and numbered, dial signed Edward Prior London, movement stamped with Constant Piguet's Patent No. 11948
54 mm. diam.

Specialist note

Delivered with a photocopy of Swiss Patent No. 11948 of 20 March 1896.
The present watch is one of the exceedingly few carillon minute repeating watches with Westminster chime on four hammers. It is fitted with Constant Piguet's patented system for a repeating-carillon watch with four hammers onto four gongs, Swiss Patent No. 11948 of 20 March 1896, for which the talented watchmaker of Le Sentier is perhaps best known. His patent comprised a repeating watch striking the quarter hours by means of four hammers onto four gongs, each of a different sound. The carillon of this watch strikes the Westminster chime.

The present watch is furthermore distinguished by its very good and crisp overall condition.