Geneva, Nov 07, 2021

LOT 347

BREGUET A PARIS, AUTOMATON JACKS, QUARTER-REPEATER

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

HKD 25,300 - 42,200 / USD 3,300 - 5,500 / EUR 2,800 - 4,700

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 9,375

Fine, 18K gold quarter-repeating pocket watch with automaton Jacks, automaton goat and concealed erotic automaton. Engine-turned silver dial, varicolored gold and painted blackamoor jack, aperture bellow 6 o’clock a varicolored gold goat amongst vines on a blued steel plate, the goat nodding its head during repeating, a bolt at 4 slides the goat panel and discloses the erotic automaton of a couple on a bed.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Breguet à Paris

Year Circa 1820

Case No. 51296

Diameter 55 mm

Caliber 18’’’, gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant.

Signature Case and Movement