Swiss repeater with “Petite and Grande Sonnerie” Circa 1880

Geneva quarter repeater hunting case
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A very fine, rare Geneva quarter repeating hunting case pocket watch with “Petite Sonnerie” and “Grande Sonnerie”, circa 1880.
18k rose gold case, lavishly engraved with Renaissance motives, numbered and signed florally engraved gold dome, case maker’s punch mark “Waldvogel”, slide for “Grande and Petite Sonnerie”, slide for silence “Sonnerie” und “Silence”. Enamel dial, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, gold Louis XV hands. Bridge movement “Piguet Freres”, nickel plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 2 hammers, 2 gongs, tandem winding with mirror polished click on the top, gold screw compensation balance, counterpoised lever.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 143 g
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Signed: Lattès Frères & Cie à Genève
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Lattes Frères & Cie were known for making watches with complications, automaton watches, and independant dead center seconds watches for the Middle-Eastern market.