Swiss 18K gold grande sonnerie carillon pocket watch Circa 1910

Gold repeater attributed to Cesar Racine
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A swiss 18K yellow gold minute repeating keyless pocket watch, circa 1910. A two-train, carillon Grande Sonnerie clock watch with three hammers and three gongs. Attributed to Cesar Racine. A polished case with a hinged gold cuvette. Matte gilt dial by Steiger, champlevé Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds and blued steel spade hands. A rhodium-plated movement, two-train with differential winding, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking the hours and quarters on three gongs with three stacked hammers, Silence/Sonnerie selection lever on the bezel border, repeating activated by a trip push-piece in the band. Dial plate punch numbered 4238.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Signed: No name
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This type of minute repeating Grande Sonnerie clockwatch movement with a carillon on three gongs with three stacked hammers but without Petite Sonnerie, was often commercialised by Zenith using the Cesar Racine patent.