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Hong Kong, Victoria Hotel, Jun 17, 1994
LOT 276
Piguet Meylan, Genève, circa 1820. Fine and rare 18 ct. gold, quarter repeating, musical watch with a concealed enamelled erotic automaton scene.
HKD 100,000 - 125,000
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
Sold: HKD 165,945
C. Three body, Empire with reeded band and engineturned back. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. Very fine automaton scene concealed beneath the cuvette. Applied to a gold, enamelled, panel painted to represent a boudoir (slightly restored), a gold automaton couple executed in multi-coloured gold and driven by the musical train, are devoting themselves to basic reality. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals (slightly restored on the border). Blued steel Breguet hands. M. GiIt brass going barrel, inverted cylinder escapement with plain brass three-arm balance and flat balance spring. Pin disc musical train playing on the hour or at will, with 29 tooth comb grouped in pairs. Quarter-repeating on two gongs by depressing the pendant. Piguet Meylan trade-mark punched on the cuvette and on the front plate beneath the dial. In very good condition. Diam. 57 mm.
