Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

LOT 123

?Au son des cloches? Breguet et Fils, Swiss. Produced circa 1815. Fine and unusual, half skeletonized, quarter-repeating, 18K gold watch with automaton Jacks and a small concealed erotic automaton scene.

C. Three-body,?Empire?, solid, engine-turned with reeded band, spring-loaded hinged, gilt cuvette withconcealed erotic automaton scene in the center. D. Small white enamel chapter ring with Breguet numerals. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands.?Martin-Martine? type varicolored chased gold Jacks on each sides of the dial over thepolished steel repeating work set over the frosted and gilt front plate, striking the hours and quarters on two bells. A small gold appliqué below the dial with gold trophies of love. M. Gilt brass, full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusée with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece, repeating on two gongs by depressing the pendant.Cuvette signed.Diam. 57 mm.