Swiss gold carillon minute repeating watch Circa 1890

Gold watch with Westminster carillon
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An exquisite Swiss minute repeating hunting cased pocket watch with Westminster carillon, circa 1890.
This watch consists an 18 carat gold case with a white enamel signed dial and a subsidiary dial for the seconds. It has a bridge movement, 4 hammers / 4 gongs and a gold screw compensation balance.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 122 g
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Signed: Longines
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Westminster Carillon
Watches with a carillon minute repeating mechanism are an extremely rare find; there are only very few pieces known today that have Westminster chimes or four hammers. The design was patented as patent no. 11948 on March 20, 1896, by Constant Piguet. The two other makers who were known to have specialized in this type of watch were Eduard JeanRichard and Victorin Piguet and to the best of our knowledge only three tunes were played by the four hammer carillons, Westminster chimes, the Swiss National anthem and God Save the King.