168,000 CHF
Watch with Westminster Chimes Repeating & Perpetual Calendar One of Only 2 Known Examples. Edouard JeanRichard, Le Locle. Made circa 1925. Extremely fine and equally rare, platinum, hunting-cased, keyless minute-repeating carillon watch with Westminster chimes on four gongs with four hammers, perpetual calendar and phases of the moon. Five-body, "bassine et filets", engine-turned with polished borders, pushers for calendar setting protruding from the bezel. Hinged glazed platinum-rimmed cuvette for viewing the movement. Matte silver, black painted Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, four subsidiary dials for days of the week, date, months and four-year leap cycle, seconds concentric with phases of the moon aperture. Black steel Breguet hands. Notes The present watch is one of only two known examples with perpetual calendar together with a four hammer and four gong Westminster chiming carillon. The other known example was sold by Antiquorum, The Private Collection of Theodor Beyer, November 16, 2003, lot 81. Westminster Chimes The Westminster chimes are more correctly called Cambridge Chimes. They first appeared in 1793 at St. Mary’s Church, Cambridge. They were written by Rev Dr. Joseph Jowett and Dr. John Randall working with undergraduate William Crotch (later first Principal of the Royal Academy of Music) and were adopted by Lord Grimthorpe, designer of the great clock “Big Ben” – for the Palace of Westminster. The chimes are based on four notes from Handel’
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-10-04
