16,250 CHF
CONCEALED EROTIC AUTOMATON & QUARTER REPEATING WATCH Swiss, case No. 19026. Made circa 1820. Fine and rare, 18K gold quarter-repeating pocket watch with concealed erotic automaton on the dial. Four-body, Empire, polished, reeded band, bolt at 11 to lock the repeating and at 2 to reveal the erotic scene. Hinged gilt cuvette. Engine-turned gold, radial champlevé Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, aperture below 12 with shutters opening to reveal a couple on a couch, animated by the repeating mechanism. Blued steel Breguet hands. 41 mm., frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Case numbered. Notes DIAM. 54 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-11-08