32,200 CHF
Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1820. Rare and unusual, 18 ct. gold, quarter repeating watch with three automatons. Three body, forme quatre baguettes, engine turned. Hinged plain gilt brass cuvette. White enamel chapter ring with Breguet numerals (hair line). Blued steel Breguet hands. Glazed three coloured gold and enamel automaton scene applied on a blued steel ground. On the top, two cupids Jacks strike hours and quarters on two bells, as well driven by the repeating train, a sitting lady is spinning wool on a theater stage. Frosted and gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three armed balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock and polished steel end-piece. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. In very good condition. Diam. 57 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1992-10-17
