Cesar Racine

César Racine 3 Hammer Carillon

A fine, heavy minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with 'Grande Sonnerie' and 'Carillon', based on César Racine's patent and sold to Argentine jeweller P. Rottembourg estimated 6.000 — 12.000 € Current bid 8.100 €3 bids 2 bidders specific features Case 18 K rose gold · smooth · glazed movement. Very good. Dial Enamel. Very good. Movement 1/2 plate movement, 3 hammers / 3 gongs, 2 barrels with seesaw winding, Swiss patent engraving 4895 (Nouveau système de montre à répétition et grande sonnerie perfectionnée (New system of repeater watch and perfected grande sonnerie), inventor Fritz Montandon) and 6835 (Système de répétition à minutes et à quarts grande sonnerie (Minute and quarter repeater system with grande sonnerie), inventor Cesar Racine), gold screw compensation balance. Very good, capable of running, cleaning needed. Case no. 2052 Diam. 56 mm Circa 1895 Ctry. Switzerland Wt. 156 g Original box The condition of the case and the dial is excellent and the quality of the movement is outstanding. The two barrels are wound through a racking bar. For the minute repeater and the quarter hour strike 'Grande Sonnerie' the three hammers strike on three different gongs, a so-called carillon chime. Another special feature of this movement design is that the three hammers are arranged one above the other, rather than side by side. The carillon chime is a rare and very sophisticated construction designed according to a patent by César Racine - he specialised in this kind of complication and received a Médaille d'Or during the Exposition Nationale Suisse in 1896 and was awarded with the 'Grand Prix Paris 1900', together with other watchmakers from Le Locle.