18,400 CHF
Geneva, circa 1820. Fine 18K gold quarter repeating musical watch with automaton scene. Three body, "forme quatre bagettes" with engine-turned back. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. Eccentric gold engine-turned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter ring, outer two-coloured gold pierced and engraved automaton scene over a silver engine-turned ground, depicting a cellist and a lady playing the harp in a garden.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-10-23