Important Watches and Wristwatches
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 28, 1989
LOT 224
Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1820. Chia Ch'ing.
HKD 65,000 - 90,000
CHF 13,000 - 16,000
Sold: HKD 86,250
Good 18-carat gold quarter repeating half skeletonized watch with two automaton Jacks and a small concealed erotic automaton scene. Double body polished 'Empire` case with reeded band. Gilt brass cuvette. Small white enamel chapter ring with Breguet numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. Three coloured gold, automaton Jacks set on each side of the dial, over the visible polished steel repeating work, striking, hours and quarters on two bells. Blued steel shutters beneath the dial with an applied small chiselled Cupid disclose a small automaton scene driven by the striking train. Gilt brass full plate movement with conical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with plain brass three armed balance, continental cock and ruby endstone. Repeating on two gongs by depressing the pendant. In good condition. Diam. 55 mm.
