Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 27, 2011
LOT 178
Quarter Repeating & Erotic Automaton Swiss. Made for the Hispanic market circa 1890. 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless, quarter-repeating pocket watch with concealed erotic automaton.
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
USD 4,000 - 6,000 / EUR 3,000 - 4,500
Sold: CHF 8,125
C. Three-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine-turned and polished, the front cover with engraved monogram, the back cover concealing the silver and gilt erotic automaton scene depicting a gentleman and a lady in an interior with a peeping face appearing at the window. D. Silver with painted radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, applied gold foliate center and border. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 20???, rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Diam. 52 mm. Property of an Swiss collector
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 4-11-31 |
Fair Slightly worn Transformations |
Movement: 4** |
Fair Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 4-04 |
Fair HANDS Later |