Swiss gold carillon minute repeating watch Circa 1900

Gold hunting cased lever watch
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An extremely heavy golden hunter cased,  so called Westminster carillon, made  and finished by Henri Barbezat-Bôle, utilising a master grade movement blank (ébauche) by Louis-Élisée Piguet in Le Locle, Switzerland, circa 1900.
A 14 carat pink gold, “à goutte” hunting cased, case maker punch AW, extremely rare, very fine precision movement with four hammer carillon, patent number on the main, patented by Constant Piguet in the year of 1896, lever escapement, screwed golden chatons, repeating of hours, quarters and minutes.
very good enamel dial, solid Breguet steel hand, nearly unused, with old sales box, signed Benedict Brothers New York.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 172 g
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Signed: H. Barbezat-Bôle  Le Locle
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These so called Westminster repeaters with four hammers are extremely rare. Only a few pieces are known and registered today. They are regarded as the highest quality among the repeater watches, an absolute rarity.