2,750 CHF
Swiss Erotic Automaton Swiss. Made circa 1900. Unusual gunmetal keyless pocket watch with concealed erotic automaton. Three-body, “demi-bassine”, gunmetal, gilt brass bow. Automata activated by winding the crown. White enamel, black Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gilt Louis XV hands. Frosted gilt, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 55 mm Property of an Swiss collector
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27