Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 84

Unsigned, Swiss. Move-ment circa 1900, cased in 1980's.Amusing, double face quarter-repeating automaton jacks, 14K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an erotic automaton scene.

C. three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs, transparent back showing a painted and animated erotic scene in an alcove. The automaton is mounted on the back and is activated by the repeater. The scene takes place in a boudoir, a little dog at the side seems to be in agreement. D. blue, at the center a white ring dial with painted blue Arabic numerals, and the automata. "Louis XVI" gold hands. M. 15 1/2 ''', rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line leer escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring, repeater on gongs by means of a slide on the band.Diam. 43 mm.