Sold for:
172,500 HKD
172,500 HKD
“Dusky Beauty” W. W. Wattles, Swiss, No. 32688. Made circa 1910. Fine and amusing, 18K gold hunting-cased, keyless minuterepeating pocket watch with concealed erotic automaton. Five-body, “bassine”, engine turned covers with polished borders,the front cover with engraved initials within a cartouche,reeded band, gold hinged cuvette with concealed enamel eroticscene depicting two soldiers enjoying local hospitality in a drawingroom. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minutetrack, subsidiary seconds. Gold “Louis XV” hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-07-10