Paul Buhré. A fine and rare 18K gold openface carillon minute repeating keyless lever watch with Westminster chime

SIGNED PAUL BUHRÉ, NO. 3563, STAMPED WITH LONDON IMPORT MARK FOR 1925

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Paul Buhré. A fine and rare 18K gold openface carillon minute repeating keyless lever watch with Westminster chime
Signed Paul Buhré, no. 3563, stamped with London import mark for 1925
With gilt-finished jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, wolf's tooth winding, Westminster carillon repeating on four polished steel hammers onto four gongs, gold cuvette, the ivory-coloured engine-turned dial with Breguet numerals on blank chapter ring, blued steel moon-style hands, subsidiary seconds, in plain circular case with repeating slide in the band, case stamped with London import datemark for 1925 and retailer's initials GS for The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., dial signed
55 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

The Buhré dynasty of watch makers, starting with Paul-Léopold Buhré around 1815, was specialized in the manufacture of high quality watches for the Russian market.

The carillon repeating mechanism is more complicated than the better known quarter or minute repeating function and is more commonly found in clock watches. It features three or four gongs instead of only two. The quarter hours of the present watch are stroke on four hammers onto four gongs and chime the Westminster tune.

For a note on the retailer The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd. see lot 244 in this auction.

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