$2,250
SWISS EROTIC AUTOMATON QUARTER REPEATER GILT Swiss. Made circa 1910. Fine, gilt keyless quarter-repeating pocket watch with concealed independent erotic automaton. Five-body, bassine, polished, box case. Hinged cuvette with transparent opening to view the painted metal erotic automaton depicting a couple in an interior, the automaton powered by the chiming of the repeater. White enamel with fancy Arabic numerals, outer minute track with Arabic gradation to 300 (20 seconds), subsidiary seconds. Fancy blue steel hands. 42 mm, matte gilt, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, notched bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. DIAM. 53 mm. Property from an American Collection
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-04-10
