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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 103
Geo. Margetts, London, circa 1780. Fine and rare gilt-metal, paste and pearl-set double dial musical automaton coach-watch.
CHF 60,000 - 80,000
C. Double body, entirely pierced and bright-cut engraved with foliage and musical trophies, the bezels set with altemating split-pearls and ruby pastes. D. Front: white enamel with small Roman chapter ring at 12 o'clock, Arabic sweep centre seconds, subsidiary rings for tune change and chime/not chime, with visible pierced continental pattern cock engraved with the regulator scale at 6 o'clock. Reverse: painted landscape scene of figures, horses and a fisherman, with automated scene of boats and a waterwheel in the background. M. Gilt-metal two tier, fusee and chain going-trahi with cylinder escapement, plain three-arm steel balance, and flat spring. Pin-drum musical train with fusee and chais, playing on a nest of five bells on the hotu or at will. Signed on the dial. In very good condition. Diam: 93 mm.
