German pocket watch with carillon striking mechanism Circa 1800

Important gold pocket watch
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An important pocket watch with carillon striking mechanism, made by the Gebrüder Kinzing (Kinzing Brothers) & Comp. in Neuwied, Germany, circa 1800. The open faced numbered case is crafted from 18 Carat gold and has an engraved back with a monogram. The white enamel dial has an outer ring with black Arabic numerals for the hours and especially beautiful Breguet hands. The watch has a magnificent and highly complicated verge escapement, a quarter repeater and a carillon.
Dial, cuvette and movement signed.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 130 g
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Signed:   Gebrüder Kinzing & Comp., in Neuwied
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Gebrüder Kinzing & Comp.

Gebrüder Kinzing & Comp. in Neuwied, Germany, founded by Kinzing, Carl and Kinzing, Christian. They jointly operated a workshop around 1812 to 1829.
Peter Kinzing came from the Kinzing (Kintzing) family of watchmakers, who belonged to the Mennonite religious community in Neuwied. He was a court watchmaker of the Duke of Nassau and a royal French court watchmaker and mechanic. The Kin(t)zing family achieved fame in Europe in the 18^th century through their cooperation with the family of cabinetmakers around Abraham and David Roentgen. Important members of this family were Christian Kintzing (1707-1804) and his son Peter Kinzing (1745-1816). From 1770 on there was an intensive cooperation between the Kinzing watchmaker’s workshop and the Roentgen cabinetmaker’s workshop.