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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991
Swiss, signed Breguet No.8065, circa 1810. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel automaton watch.
C. Two body "Directoire" polished. Gilt brass hinged cuvette. D. Eccentric white enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued-steel arrow hands. Dial plate enamelled with a landscape with applied vari-couloured gold automaton scene, depicting Cupid's forge with a working grinder, anvil and bellows. M. GiIt brass, Lepine caliber, going and automaton trains with engraved free- standing barrels, cylinder escapement, plain balance, flat spring. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 56 mm.
