Swiss grande sonnerie carillon trip minute repeater Circa 1910

Pink gold grande sonnerie carillon trip minute repeater by Zenith
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A rare and important Swiss 18K pink gold hunting cased two-train trip minute repeating carillon grande sonnerie keyless lever clock watch with three hammers and three gongs, circa 1910. It was made for court jeweller Van Arcken & Co.
Gilt movement, double train with differential winding, fully jewelled, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator, striking the hours and quarters and minutes on three gongs with three hammers, centrifugal governor between the dial and dial plate, silence/sonnerie selection lever on the bezel border, repeating activated by a trip push-piece in the band. Gold-hinged cuvette. All three lids are solid gold and close tight, as they should be. The front lid opens when the top button is pushed. White enamel dial with dauphine numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds and original blued steel spade hands. Polished case. Dial and movement signed Zenith, and dome marked Repetition Grande Sonnerie Minutes & Carillon.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 117 g
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Signed: Zenith
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The watch comes in its signed original box with a release button for the repeater, is in working order and is in very good condition. It is extremely rare to find one of these rarities in such original condition with the original box. These Zenith ‘Grande Sonnerie’ hunting case watches have already been sold for between 40,000 and 50,000 Swiss Francs/US$. The movement was one of the most complicated and finest repeating movements from around 1900.