Swiss gold watch with Petite and Grande Sonnerie Circa 1890

Heavy rose gold hunting cased pocket watch
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A very fine, heavy hunting cased Swiss pocket watch with “Petite Sonnerie” and “Grande Sonnerie”, circa 1890.
18-carat rose gold, tiered, polished, à goutte case with a gold dome, slide for “Grande and Petite Sonnerie” and slide for silence. Enamel dial with radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds and Louis XV hands. Bridge movement, nickel-plated and stripe-decorated, with two hammers / two gongs, tandem winding with mirror polished click on the top, screwed chatons and gold screw compensation balance.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 137 g
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Signed: No name
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Grande and Petite Sonnerie
On the quarter-hour it strikes the number of hours on a large bell and then the number of quarter hours since the hour on a second bell (usually with a double strike) – except on the full hour, when it does not strike the quarter hours. The Petite Sonnerie only strikes the quarter hours, maybe with a double strike on two bells; as with the Grande Sonnerie, it only strikes the hours on the full hour but not the quarter hours.