Swiss 18k gold minute repeating carillon pocket watch Circa 1920

Gold hunting cased lever pocket watch 
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A fine and very rare Swiss, 18K gold, a keyless hunting cased pocket watch with carillon minute-repeating on four gongs, circa 1920. Made by Henri Barbezat-Bôle, Le Locle, attributable to Eduard JeanRichard, Le Locle. A polished case, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. A gilt brass movement, 29 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with five adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on four gongs with four hammers activated by a slide in the band. Movement and cuvette signed.  Property of a Swiss Collector.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Signed: Henri Barbezat-Bôle  Le Locle
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Carillon watches with minute repeating on four hammers are as rare as those with Westminster chimes. Eduard JeanRichard specialized in musical watches. He made a carillon watch for seven gongs playing the Swiss National Anthem. He found his own retail company in 1915. Before that he specialized in ebauches made for other companies. In the 1920s, in addition to regular watches, the company advertized carillon watches playing, among other tunes, God saves the King.