SWISS | GOLD HUNTING CASED PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING CHRONOGRAPH WATCH WITH CARILLON AND AGES AND PHASES OF THE MOON CIRCA 1880

Dial: white enamel dial with leap year indication Calibre: keyless winding lever, highly jewelled with three hammers striking on coiled gongsMovement number: 7832 Case: 18k yellow gold, glazed and gold cuvettes, case monogramed  Case number: 2850 Dimensions: 56 mm Accessories: none

DIAL: in overall good condition with some marks around the center of the hands, hands in good condition with minor marks CASE: in overall good condition, with minor scratches and marks throughout consistent with age. Front case engraved with initials 'FMD' and 'FOUAD' MOVEMENT: running at the time of cataloguing, perpetul calendar complication in working order, chronograph starts, stops and resets properly
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The watch shown here is quite clearly complicated and comes equipped with perhaps the most celebrated combination of horological complications, the perpetual calendar chronograph and minute repeater. What is more the repeating sounds a carillon, a chime producing three notes opposed to the usual two, adding yet another layer or intricacy. The dial is intricate yet clear, with subsidiary dials for date, day, month combined with leap year indication, and phases and age of the moon. The case in 18k yellow gold is also wonderfully balanced, the chronograph pusher the top of the case at 12, and the repeating slide at 6. The rear cover is engraved with a monogram 'MFD'.