The van Cauwenbergh Collection
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 29, 1989
ZENITH, Swiss, circa 1910.
Good 18-carat gold hunting cased minute repeating ' grande sonnerie` clock watch with carillon. Massive four body 'demi bassine' polished case, a pink gold applied monogram on the back. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel 'pear' hands. Fine gilt brass keyless 19- double train movement, 30 Jewels, the barrels loaded alternately, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. 'Grande sonnerie' and minute repeating on three gongs by means of a push piece on the band. In very good condition. Diam. 56 mm.