Swiss minute repeater with Grande Sonnerie and Carillon Circa 1910

Hunting cased minute repeater with Grande Sonnerie and Carillon by Zenith
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A Swiss, important, highly complicated German gold full hunter with Grande Sonnerie, Carillon and minute repeater Carillon, circa 1910. Distributed by Dürrstein & Co, Dresden and with original box and original papers!
Very fine precision lever movement with tandem winding, Grande Sonnerie Carillon self-strike, and minute repeater Carillon with three hammers. Enamel dial with Breguet-style radial hours, outer minutes track, subsidiary dial for the seconds, and red gold hands. Polished 14K rose gold case.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Weight: 128 g
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Signed: Zenith
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This extremely rare watch can only be found extremely rarely in this state of preservation with the original box and the original papers from Dürrstein, entitled “self-striking minutes repeater watch”. The calibre was built by Zenith around 1910 according to the patent of Cesar Racine and was used by various important manufacturers. Like this watch from the German manufacturer Dürrstein in Dresden, but also from Zenith. These rare watches have already sold for enthusiasts between 30,000 and 50 at auctions.
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Grande Sonnerie
Watch that strikes the hours and quarters in passing and repeats the hour at each quarter.
The hour and quarter strikes can be repeated on demand.
Certain Grande Sonnerie mechanisms are combined with a minute-repeater which repeats hours, quarters and minutes on demand.