W. G. Schoof. An extremely fine, rare and large 18K gold hunter case two-train trip-minute repeating Grande and Petite Sonnerie keyless lever chronograph clockwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and lunar calendar, SIGNED W. G. SHOOF, 99 ST...

W. G. Schoof. An extremely fine, rare and large 18K gold hunter case two-train trip-minute repeating Grande and Petite Sonnerie keyless lever chronograph clockwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and lunar calendar
Signed W. G. Shoof, 99 St. John Road, Clerkenwell, London, no. 6070, the case stamped GHH and with London hallmarks for 1885
Movement: part English & Swiss, manual, jewelled to the centre, two-train with tandem winding, English-type lateral lever escapement, blued steel balance spring with overcoil, diamond endstone, minute repeating and en passant grande and petite sonnerie striking with two hammers on two gongs, signed
Dial: white enamel with Roman numerals
Case: four-part, front cover engraved with a crest, levers for hours & quarters, quarters and strike/silent at the edge of the bezel, trip-repeat slide and chronograph button in the band, large bow, hinged gold cuvette, 59 mm. diam., case and cuvette stamped GHH and numbered

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W. G. SCHOOF
Grande and Petite Sonnerie Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Clockwatch