Longines. A Fine and Rare 18k Gold Hunter Case Minute Repeating Keyless Lever Watch with Westminster Carillon Chime
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Longines. A Fine and Rare 18k Gold Hunter Case Minute Repeating Keyless Lever Watch with Westminster Carillon Chime

SIGNED LONGINES, MOVEMENT NO. 11'948, CASE NO. 3652, CIRCA 1910

Closed17 December 2013

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USD 40,000

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Longines. A Fine and Rare 18k Gold Hunter Case Minute Repeating Keyless Lever Watch with Westminster Carillon Chime
Signed Longines, Movement No. 11'948, Case No. 3652, Circa 1910
Gilt-finished jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, Westminster carillon minute repeating on four hammers onto four gongs, repeat activated through a slide in the band, engraved gold cuvette reading Longines, 4 Grands Prix, Paris-Paris, Milan, Bruxelles, Repetition A Quarts Et a Minutes, Westminster, white enamel dial, black Breguet numerals, outer railway minute divisions, subsidiary dial for constant seconds, plain circular case, case, cuvette, dial, and movement signed
54mm diam.

Specialist note

The carillon repeating mechanism is more complicated than the better known quarter and minute repeating functions, and more commonly seen in clock watches. Quarter and minute repeat functions feature two hammers striking onto two gongs, while the cariilon features three or four hammers striking onto four gongs, and chime the Westminster tune.