Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 420
Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1820. Unusual 18 ct. gold, half skeletonized, quarter repeating watch with concealed erotic automatons.
CHF 9,000 - 11,000
C. Three body, Empire, with reeded band and polished back. Concealed in the hinged gilt bras cuvette, a small automaton scene, presents a couple striving hard to prolong the existence of the human race. D. White enamel chapter ring with Breguet numerals (hair lines). Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Giilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three armed balance, flat balance spring, polished steel cock with ruby endstone. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant, with repeating work and part of the train of wheels, visible through the central circuar aperture of the dial. In good condition. Diam. 55 mm.
