Geneva, Nov 09, 2025
LOT 654
ATTRIBUTED TO LECOULTRE, SWITZERLAND, MINUTES REPEATING & EROTIC AUTOMATON MEPHISTOPHELES, 14K YELLOW GOLD
CHF 8,000 - 14,000
HKD 78,000 - 136,000 / USD 10,000 - 17,500 / EUR 8,600 - 15,100 / JPY 1,520,000 - 2,660,000
Sold: CHF 30,000
A very fine and, manual wind hunting-cased, keyless, minutes-repeating pocket watch with concealed erotic automaton scene in polychrome painted on enamel depicting Mephistopheles, Faust and Marguerite on an engraved silvered backplate.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3-6* |
Good Slightly oxidized Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Attributed to LeCoultre, Switzerland
Year Circa 1890
Case No. 228467
Diameter 53 mm.
Caliber 44 mm., rhodium plated, wavy-line decoration, 21 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.