Swiss pink gold minute repeating carillon pocket watch Circa 1885

Gold watch with engraved coat of arms
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A very fine and extremely rare Swiss, 18K pink gold hunting cased keyless pocket watch, circa 1885. With three hammer carillon minute repeating on three gongs. The movement is attributed to Louis Brandt Frères. A solid, polished case, the front cover engraved with the coat of arms of a Baron with a coronet above and a hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and pink gold spade hands. A matte gilt movement, 31 jewels, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating with three hammers on three gongs activated by a slide on the band. Case punched AF & Ce and numbered.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Signed:  Auguste Favre & Cie  Swiss
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Watches with Carillon minute repeating with three hammers on three gongs are very rare. A handful of Swiss makers produced them including Constant Piguet, Cèsar Racine, Zenith and Louis Brandt Frères. Each maker patented their particular design and so the present watch can be attributed to Louis Brandt Frères. The punch marks A.F & Ce are often mistaken for the mark of Audemars Frères. This watch was likely finished by the firm of Auguste Favre who won an honourable mention for finished watches at the National Exhibition of Horology in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1881.